How to display length of filtered ng-repeat data

Question

I have a data array which contains many objects (JSON format). The following can be assumed as the contents of this array:

var data = [
  {
    \"name\": \"         


        

Answer 1

ngRepeat creates a copy of the array when it applies a filter, so you can't use the source array to reference only the filtered elements.

In your case, in may be better to apply the filter inside of your controller using the $filter service:

function MainCtrl( $scope, filterFilter ) {
  // ...

  $scope.filteredData = myNormalData;

  $scope.$watch( 'myInputModel', function ( val ) {
    $scope.filteredData = filterFilter( myNormalData, val );
  });

  // ...
}

And then you use the filteredData property in your view instead. Here is a working Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/7c1l24rPkuKPOS5o2qtx?p=preview

Answer 2

Since AngularJS 1.3 you can use aliases:

item in items | filter:x as results

and somewhere:

<span>Total {{results.length}} result(s).</span>

From docs:

You can also provide an optional alias expression which will then store the intermediate results of the repeater after the filters have been applied. Typically this is used to render a special message when a filter is active on the repeater, but the filtered result set is empty.

For example: item in items | filter:x as results will store the fragment of the repeated items as results, but only after the items have been processed through the filter.