Change one single iteration on an ng-repeat

Question

I have an ng-repeat that iterates through the names of countries in my model. On certain country names I want them abbreviated to reduce the length of the string, for example, I want 'Northern Ireland' to be outputted as 'N. Ireland'.

JSON Model

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Italy",
  },

  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Northern Ireland",
  },

  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Poland",
  }
]

I could just change the name in my model, but I'd rather leave that as it is as the I want the raw data to be complete. It is only in this specific instance I want to have it abbreviated.

Should I use an ng-repeat filter? If so, how?
If not, any other suggestions?

HTML

<md-grid-tile ng-repeat="nation in nationData">

  <img src="img/{{nation.name}}.png">

  <md-grid-tile-footer>
    <h3>{{nation.name | uppercase}}</h3>
  </md-grid-tile-footer>

</md-grid-tile>

Answer 1

You could create your own filter abbreviate that is applied to the name. In this filter you could switch on the country name and return the abbreviated format.

app.filter('abbreviate', function() {

    return function(country) {

        switch(country){
            case "Northern Ireland":
                country = "N. Ireland"
                break;
        }

        return country;

    }

});