How to use ng-repeat with filter and $index?

Question

I want to use ng-repeat in Angular, while I only want to output some elements of the array. An Example:

ng-repeat="item in items | filter:($index%3 == 0)"

However, this does not work. Please tell me how to do this; only output exact index of elements.

Answer 1

In your code, filter apply on 'items' array, not on each array item, that's why it does not work as you expect.

Instead, you can use ng-show (or ng-if):

<ul>
    <li ng-repeat="item in items" ng-show="$index % 3 == 0">{{item}}</li>
</ul>

See: http://jsfiddle.net/H7d26

EDIT: Use ng-if directive if you do not want to add invisible dom elements:

<ul>
    <li ng-repeat="item in items" ng-if="$index % 3 == 0">{{item}}</li>
</ul>

Answer 2

All the precedent answers will work, but if you want to use a filter, you can also define it yourself, like in this fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/DotDotDot/58y7u/

.filter('myFilter', function(){
    return function(data, parameter){
        var filtered=[];
        for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++){
                if(i%parameter==0)
                    filtered.push(data[i]);
        }
        return filtered;
    }
});

and then call it like this :

ng-repeat='item in items | myFilter:3'

(I added extra complexity with a parameter, if you want to change it quickly to even numbers for example)

Have fun

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Answer 3

What you need to do is find the index of "item" in $scope.items. See below

ng-repeat"item in items | filter:(items.indexOf(item)%3 == 0)

So a real world example (for others who come across this solution) would be.

<div ng-repeat="item in filtered = (items | filter:customfilter | orderBy:customsort)">
    <div> This is number {{items.indexOf(item)}} in the items list on the scope.</div>
</div>

The above example will get the correct position regardless of the sorting or filtering

Answer 4

I suggest filtering with a function:

ng-repeat"item in filterItems(items)"

And on the Controller:

$scope.filterItems= function(items) {
    var result = {};
    angular.forEach(items, function(item) {
       // if item is something.. add to result
    });
    return result;
}

Answer 5

An alternate approach to solving this creates a new "list" (I don't know the proper term in this context) in the ng-repeat. This new list can then be referred to within the scope

<ul class="example-animate-container">
  <li class="animate-repeat" ng-repeat="friend in filteredFriends = ((friends | filter:q:strict) | orderBy:'age')" ng-if="$index % 2 == 0">
    [{{$index + 1}}] {{filteredFriends[$index].name}} who is {{filteredFriends[$index].age}} years old.
    <span ng-if="$index+1 < filteredFriends.length">[{{$index + 2}}] {{filteredFriends[$index+1].name}} who is {{filteredFriends[$index+1].age}} years old.</span>
  </li>
</ul>

The ng-if on the span wrapping the second half prevents the base text from being shown when the previous element is the last element of the list.

Answer 6

Create a custom filter, for example:

filter('modulo', function(){
  return function (arr, div, val) {
      return arr.filter(function(item, index){
          return index % div === (val || 0);
      })
  };
});

Then change the ng-repeat to:

<ul ng-repeat="item in items | modulo:3">

Or filter by (index % 3 === 1) like:

<ul ng-repeat="item in items | modulo:3:1"> 

http://jsfiddle.net/Tc34P/2/