# Developer Guide: Templates: Filters: Using Angular Filters

Filters can be part of any `api/angular.module.ng.$rootScope.Scope` evaluation but are typically used to format expressions in bindings in your templates:

        {{ expression | filter }}

Filters typically transform the data to a new data type, formatting the data in the process. Filters can also be chained, and can take optional arguments.

You can chain filters using this syntax:

        {{ expression | filter1 | filter2 }}

You can also pass colon-delimited arguments to filters, for example, to display the number 123 with 2 decimal points:

        123 | number:2

Here are some examples that show values before and after applying different filters to an expression in a binding:

- No filter: `{{1234.5678}}` => `1234.5678`
- Number filter: `{{1234.5678|number}}` => `1,234.57`. Notice the "," and rounding to two significant digits.
- Filter with arguments: `{{1234.5678|number:5}}` => `1,234.56780`. Filters can take optional arguments, separated by colons in a binding. For example, the "number" filter takes a number argument that specifies how many digits to display to the right of the decimal point.

### Related Topics

- Understanding Angular Filters
- Creating Angular Filters

### Related API

- `Angular Filter API`