A tweak on the approach that only requires you to specify the filter once:
<li ng-repeat="bar in filteredBars = (bars | filter:barFilter)">{{bar.name}}</li>
</ul>
<p ng-hide="filteredBars.length">Nothing here!</p>
Fiddle
A tweak on the approach that only requires you to specify the filter once:
<li ng-repeat="bar in filteredBars = (bars | filter:barFilter)">{{bar.name}}</li>
</ul>
<p ng-hide="filteredBars.length">Nothing here!</p>
Fiddle