How can I execute a JS function before ng-init is called in AngularJS?

Question

I have an ng-init directive defined on my html tag, with it initializing some data. I want a certain JS function to run before this initialization occurs. How can I accomplish this? Basically my objective is to assign the data returned by this function to the variable initialized in ng-init .

Answer 1

this is really bad approach but this should work.

1. Write your method in another script file and include it before you are putting ng-init.

2. Wrap it up as self executing function ie

   (function(){ //Your code })();

If you want to get the results, expose a global variable from the script file.