add watch on a non scope variable in angularjs

Question

Is there a way to add watch to a non scope variable. I want to add a watch to local variable. I have something like this

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Answer 1

$watch will not work as normal syntax with controllerAs. You need to bind it to $scope, and then you can watch that variable:

Code

$scope.$watch(angular.bind(this, function (ch_group_uniq) {
  return this.ch_group_uniq;
}), function (newVal, oldVal) {
  console.log('Name changed to ' + newVal);
});

Here is the reference Todd Motto Article