$watch not being triggered on array change

Question

I\'m trying to figure out why my $watch isn\'t being triggered. This is a snippet from the relevant controller:

$scope.$watch(\'tasks\', functi         


        

Answer 1

For one dimensional arrays you may use $watchCollection

$scope.names = ['igor', 'matias', 'misko', 'james'];
$scope.dataCount = 4;

$scope.$watchCollection('names', function(newNames, oldNames) {
  $scope.dataCount = newNames.length;
});