Filter by multiple columns with ng-repeat

Question

I\'m wondering if there\'s an easy way in Angular to filter a table using ng-repeat on specific columns using or logic, rather than and

Answer 1

It's not hard to create a custom filter which allows you to have as many arguments as you want. Below is an example of a filter with one and two arguments, but you can add as many as you need.

Example JS:

var app = angular.module('myApp',[]);
app.filter('myTableFilter', function(){
  // Just add arguments to your HTML separated by :
  // And add them as parameters here, for example:
  // return function(dataArray, searchTerm, argumentTwo, argumentThree) {
  return function(dataArray, searchTerm) {
      // If no array is given, exit.
      if (!dataArray) {
          return;
      }
      // If no search term exists, return the array unfiltered.
      else if (!searchTerm) {
          return dataArray;
      }
      // Otherwise, continue.
      else {
           // Convert filter text to lower case.
           var term = searchTerm.toLowerCase();
           // Return the array and filter it by looking for any occurrences of the search term in each items id or name. 
           return dataArray.filter(function(item){
              var termInId = item.id.toLowerCase().indexOf(term) > -1;
              var termInName = item.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(term) > -1;
              return termInId || termInName;
           });
      } 
  }    
});

Then in your HTML:

Or if you want to use multiple arguments: