AngularJS Example:

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<div ng-app>
  <div ng-controller="TodoCtrl">
    <ul>
      <li ng-repeat="todo in todos" ng-init='init(todo)'>
        <span class="done-{{todo.done}}">{{todo.text}} | and todo.text via init:{{initTodo}}</span>
      </li>
    </ul>

  </div>
</div>

JavaScript

function TodoCtrl($scope) {
  $scope.todos = [
    {text:'todo1'},
    {text:'todo2'}];
    
  $scope.init = function(todo) {
    $scope.initTodo=todo.text;

  };
 
  
}