Chapter 10: Safe deep property reference using $parse

by msfrisbie

HTML

<script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.3.2/angular.min.js"></script>
<div ng-app="myApp">
    <div ng-controller="Ctrl"></div>
</div>

JavaScript

angular.module('myApp', [])
.controller('Ctrl', function($log, $scope, $parse) {
    $scope.$watch('user', function(newUserVal) {
        $log.log($parse('address.city')(newUserVal));
    });
});