AngularJS select creates option with value “? object:null ?” and doesn't use empty default option when bound to null

Answer 1

The accepted answer didn't work for me because my property could be blank, null, or undefined. If you are using version 1.3+ then you can use a getterSetter to coerce the value to blank.

I was dealing with string values. You'll have to handle 0 or other valid falsy values in the function as well.

$scope.nullableIntCoerced = function(n) {
    return arguments.length ? ($scope.nullableInt = n) : ($scope.nullableInt || "");
}