angular.scope.$set

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Description

Assigns a value to a property of the current scope specified via property_chain. Unlike in JavaScript, if there are any undefined intermediary properties, empty objects are created and assigned in to them instead of throwing an exception.

         var scope = angular.scope();
         expect(scope.person).toEqual(undefined);
         scope.$set('person.name', 'misko');
         expect(scope.person).toEqual({name:'misko'});
         expect(scope.person.name).toEqual('misko');

Usage

angular.scope.$set(property_chain, value);

Parameters

property_chain – {string} – String representing name of a scope property. Optionally properties can be chained with . (dot), e.g. 'person.name.first'
value – {*} – Value to assign to the scope property.