AngularJS For Loop with Numbers & Ranges

Question

Angular does provide some support for a for loop using numbers within its HTML directives:

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Answer 1

I use my custom ng-repeat-range directive:

/**
 * Ng-Repeat implementation working with number ranges.
 *
 * @author Umed Khudoiberdiev
 */
angular.module('commonsMain').directive('ngRepeatRange', ['$compile', function ($compile) {
    return {
        replace: true,
        scope: { from: '=', to: '=', step: '=' },

        link: function (scope, element, attrs) {

            // returns an array with the range of numbers
            // you can use _.range instead if you use underscore
            function range(from, to, step) {
                var array = [];
                while (from + step <= to)
                    array[array.length] = from += step;

                return array;
            }

            // prepare range options
            var from = scope.from || 0;
            var step = scope.step || 1;
            var to   = scope.to || attrs.ngRepeatRange;

            // get range of numbers, convert to the string and add ng-repeat
            var rangeString = range(from, to + 1, step).join(',');
            angular.element(element).attr('ng-repeat', 'n in [' + rangeString + ']');
            angular.element(element).removeAttr('ng-repeat-range');

            $compile(element)(scope);
        }
    };
}]);

and html code is

    Hello 4 times!

or simply

    Hello 5 times!

or even simply

    Hello 3 times!

or just

    Hello 7 times!