<div ng-controller="FilterController as ctrl">
 <div>
  All entries:
  <span ng-repeat="entry in ctrl.array">{{entry.name}} </span>
 </div>
 <div>
  Entries that contain an "a":
  <span ng-repeat="entry in ctrl.filteredArray">{{entry.name}} </span>
 </div>
</div>
 

angular.module('FilterInControllerModule', []).
controller('FilterController', ['filterFilter', function(filterFilter) {
 this.array = [
  {name: 'Tobias'},
  {name: 'Jeff'},
  {name: 'Brian'},
  {name: 'Igor'},
  {name: 'James'},
  {name: 'Brad'}
 ];
 this.filteredArray = filterFilter(this.array, 'a');
}]);

All entries: Tobias Jeff Brian Igor James Brad
Entries that contain an "a": Tobias Brian James Brad

<div ng-controller="MyController">
 <input ng-model="greeting" type="text"><br>
 No filter: {{greeting}}<br>
 Reverse: {{greeting|reverse}}<br>
 Reverse + uppercase: {{greeting|reverse:true}}<br>
 Reverse, filtered in controller: {{filteredGreeting}}<br>
</div>
 

angular.module('myReverseFilterApp', [])
.filter('reverse', function() {
 return function(input, uppercase) {
  input = input || '';
  var out = "";
  for (var i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
   out = input.charAt(i) + out;
  }
  // conditional based on optional argument
  if (uppercase) {
   out = out.toUpperCase();
  }
  return out;
 };
})
.controller('MyController', ['$scope', 'reverseFilter', function($scope, reverseFilter) {
 $scope.greeting = 'hello';
 $scope.filteredGreeting = reverseFilter($scope.greeting);
}]);

No filter: hello
Reverse: olleh
Reverse + uppercase: OLLEH
Reverse, filtered in controller: olleh

<div ng-controller="MyController">
 Input: <input ng-model="greeting" type="text"><br>
 Decoration: <input ng-model="decoration.symbol" type="text"><br>
 No filter: {{greeting}}<br>
 Decorated: {{greeting | decorate}}<br>
</div>
 

angular.module('myStatefulFilterApp', [])
.filter('decorate', ['decoration', function(decoration) {

 function decorateFilter(input) {
  return decoration.symbol + input + decoration.symbol;
 }
 decorateFilter.$stateful = true;

 return decorateFilter;
}])
.controller('MyController', ['$scope', 'decoration', function($scope, decoration) {
 $scope.greeting = 'hello';
 $scope.decoration = decoration;
}])
.value('decoration', {symbol: '*'});

No filter: hello
Decorated: *hello*