The following code doesn't work -
<div ng-init="selected=-1">
<ul ng-repeat="x in arr">
<li ng-click="selected = $index">...</li>
</ul>
When I click on one of the lis, the variable selected remains as -1. But the following does work -
<div ng-init="selected=-1">
<ul ng-repeat="x in arr">
<li ng-click="setTo($index)">...</li>
</ul>
$scope.setTo = function(index){selected = index;}
Why is that? Nothing functional seems to have changed.
$parentthough.. – PSL Oct 13 at 19:45ng-initfor initializing a variable outside ng-repeat. it should actually be done in the controller. If you look at official documentation it statesThe only appropriate use of ngInit is for aliasing special properties of ngRepeat, as seen in the demo below. Besides this case, you should use controllers rather than ngInit to initialize values on a scope.– PSL Oct 13 at 20:16