The ng-controller Directive in AngularJS is used to add a controller to the application. It can be used to add methods, functions, and variables that can be called on some event like click, etc to perform certain actions.
Syntax:
Contents...
Parameter value:
- expression: It refers to the name of the controller.
Example 1: This example uses the ng-controller Directive to display the input elements.
<html>
<head>
<title>ng-controller Directivetitle>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.2/angular.min.js">
script>
head>
<body ng-app="app" style="text-align:center">
<h1 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeksh1>
<h2>ng-controller Directiveh2>
<br>
<div ng-controller="geek">
Name:
<input class="form-control" type="text" ng-model="name">
<br><br>
You entered:
<b>
<span>{{name}}span>
b>
div>
<script>
var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.controller('geek', function($scope) {
$scope.name = "geeksforgeeks";
});
script>
body>
html>
Output:

Example 2: This example uses the ng-controller Directive to display content after clicking the button.
<html>
<head>
<title>ng-controller Directivetitle>
<script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.2/angular.min.js">
script>
head>
<body ng-app="app" style="text-align:center">
<h1 style="color:green">
GeeksforGeeks
h1>
<h2>ng-click Directiveh2>
<div ng-controller="app">
<button class="btn btn-default"
ng-click="best()">
Button 1
button>
<button class="btn btn-primary"
ng-click="notbest()">
Button 2
button>
<br>
<p>Quick sort is <b>{{res}}b>.p>
div>
<script>
var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.controller('app', function($scope) {
$scope.best = function() {
return $scope.res = "best";
};
$scope.notbest = function() {
return $scope.res = "not always good";
};
});
script>
body>
html>
Output:
