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unique filter broken with multi-word parameters?

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
angularjs, javascript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Look at the unique filter implementation in the angular-filter library, likely in a file like src/filter/unique.js. The issue is parsing multi-word keys like 'Referring Provider'. Examine how the filter parses the expression argument. Check test files for existing unique filter tests to understand the expected behavior. The fix involves updating the parser to handle multi-word keys, possibly by supporting quoted strings.

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Description

Hello, I have JSON data that includes multi-word parameters. When I try the unique filter in my ng-repeat I get the error that the second word in the parameter is an unexpected token.

Does the unique filter support multi-word keys/parameters? I've tried wrapping in single quotes, double curly braces to no avail.

(in the following, histConfig.column is a scope variable referring to a multi-word key in importedData)
ng-repeat="row in importedData | uniq:histConfig.column"

error msg:
Error: [$parse:syntax] Syntax Error: Token 'Provider' is an unexpected token at column 11 of the expression [Referring Provider] starting at [Provider].

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