Part 8 AngularJS filters

Filters in angular can do 3 different things
1. Format data
2. Sort data
3. Filter data
Filters can be used with a binding expression or a directive
To apply a filter use pipe (|) character
Syntax : {{ expression | filterName:parameter }}

Angular filters for formatting data

Filter Description
lowercase Formats all characters to lowercase
uppercase Formats all characters to uppercase
number Formats a number as text. Includes comma as thousands separator and the number of decimal places can be specified
currency Formats a number as a currency. $ is default. Custom currency and decimal places can be specified
date Formats date to a string based on the requested format


Angular Date formats

Format Result
yyyy 4 digit year. Exampe 1998
yy 2 digit year. Example 1998 => 98
MMMM January - December
MMM Jan - Dec
MM 01 - 12
M 1 - 12 (No leading ZEROS)
dd 01 - 31
d 1 - 31 (No leading ZEROS)


Angular date format documentation
https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/filter/date

limitTo filter : Can be used to limit the number of rows or characters in a string.
Syntax : {{ expression | limitTo : limit : begin}}

The following example uses all the above filters
Script.js

 var app = angular
        .module("myModule", [])
        .controller("myController", function ($scope) {
 
            var employees = [
                {
                    name: "Ben", dateOfBirth: new Date("November 23, 1980"),
                    gender: "Male", salary: 55000.788
                },
                {
                    name: "Sara", dateOfBirth: new Date("May 05, 1970"),
                    gender: "Female", salary: 68000
                },
                {
                    name: "Mark", dateOfBirth: new Date("August 15, 1974"),
                    gender: "Male", salary: 57000
                },
                {
                    name: "Pam", dateOfBirth: new Date("October 27, 1979"),
                    gender: "Female", salary: 53000
                },
                {
                    name: "Todd", dateOfBirth: new Date("December 30, 1983"),
                    gender: "Male", salary: 60000
                }
            ];
 
            $scope.employees = employees;
            $scope.rowCount = 3;
        });

HtmlPage1.html 

 <!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title></title>
    <script src="Scripts/angular.min.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/Script.js"></script>
    <link href="Styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
</head>
<body ng-app="myModule">
    <div ng-controller="myController">
        Rows to display : <input type="number" step="1"
                                 ng-model="rowCount" max="5" min="0" />
        <br /><br />
        <table>
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Date of Birth</th>
                    <th>Gender</th>
                    <th>Salary (number filter)</th>
                    <th>Salary (currency filter)</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                <tr ng-repeat="employee in employees | limitTo:rowCount">
                    <td> {{ employee.name | uppercase }} </td>
                    <td> {{ employee.dateOfBirth | date:"dd/MM/yyyy" }} </td>
                    <td> {{ employee.gender }} </td>
                    <td> {{ employee.salary | number:2 }} </td>
                    <td> {{ employee.salary | currency : "£" : 1 }} </td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Styles.css 

 body {
    font-family: Arial;
}
 
table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
}
 
td {
    border: 1px solid black;
    padding: 5px;
}
 
th {
    border: 1px solid black;
    padding: 5px;
    text-align: left;

}

 

posted @ 2016-01-05 01:53  Gester.Lin  阅读(261)  评论(0)  编辑  收藏  举报