ng-change get new value and original value

Question

I\'m using ng-options to select values from a pulldown. I\'d like to be able to compare the old value to the new value. ng-change works well for grabbing the new value of th

Answer 1

You can use a scope watch:

$scope.$watch('user', function(newValue, oldValue) {
  // access new and old value here
  console.log("Your former user.name was "+oldValue.name+", you're current user name is "+newValue.name+".");
});

https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/type/$rootScope.Scope#$watch