ng-options how to set first select always blank

Question

I am using angularjs in a project and in which I am using ng-options for generating .

Initially when the pages reload and no option element is selected the html gene

Answer 1

I had same problem and after a lot of googling,I understood the main issue was related to my angular version, if you use Angular 1.6.x, just use the ng-value directive and it will work as expected.

also I set an initial value in my controller, like this :

$scope.item = 0;