AngularJs - ng-model in a SELECT

Question

JSfiddle

Problem:

I have a SELECT-element in my page, which is filled in with an ng-repeat. It also has a ng-model

Answer 1

However, ngOptions provides some benefits such as reducing memory and increasing speed by not creating a new scope for each repeated instance. angular docs

Alternative solution is use ng-init directive. You can specify function that will be initialize your default data.

$scope.init = function(){
            angular.forEach($scope.units, function(item){
                if(item.id === $scope.data.unit){
                    $scope.data.unit = item;
                }
            });
        } 

See jsfiddle