apply formatting filter dynamically in a ng-repeat

angularjs, dynamic, filter, javascript

Solution

The `|` is an angular construct that finds a defined filter with that name and applies it to the value on the left. What I think you need to do is create a filter that takes a filter name as an argument, then calls the appropriate filter (fiddle) (adapted from M59's code):

HTML:

<div ng-repeat="row in list">
    {{ row.value | picker:row.formatter }}
</div>

Javascript:

app.filter('picker', function($filter) {
  return function(value, filterName) {
    return $filter(filterName)(value);
  };
});

Thanks to @karlgold's comment, here's a version that supports arguments. The first example uses the `add` filter directly to add numbers to an existing number and the second uses the `useFilter` filter to select the `add` filter by string and pass arguments to it (fiddle):

HTML:

<p>2 + 3 + 5 = {{ 2 | add:3:5 }}</p>
<p>7 + 9 + 11 = {{ 7 | useFilter:'add':9:11 }}</p>

Javascript:

app.filter('useFilter', function($filter) {
    return function() {
        var filterName = [].splice.call(arguments, 1, 1)[0];
        return $filter(filterName).apply(null, arguments);
    };
});

Problem

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