How to use jQuery Select2 with AngularJS

Question

I am trying to use jQuery (2.2.1) Select2 (3.5.2) with Angularjs (1.5) but am having a difficult time grabbing the data from the select box. I have tried ui-select and I co

Answer 1

After searching how to access $scope functions from jQuery, I found that using the angular.element.scope().function(x) would allow me to pass the key for each select2 element, on the "change" event, into angular, which can then be manipulated.