I have $scope.user = {} when I do this <input type="text" ng-model="user.name">the name in the input gets stored into $scope.user how do I get that value into another variable?
var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
myApp.controller('WizardController', ['$scope', function($scope){
$scope.user = {};
$scope.displayName = $scope.user{'name'};
}]);
I think you meant:
$scope.displayName = $scope.user.name
or
$scope.displayName = $scope.user['name']
Also, if you want to display the value of '$scope.user.name' somewhere in your html (which is what I assume you're trying to do) you can do something like this:
<h2>{{user.name}}</h2>
EDIT
If you want it to automatically refresh $scope.displayName in your view when you update $scope.user.name you'll need to add this to your controller:
$scope.$watch('user.name', function () {
$scope.displayName = $scope.user.name;
});
However, there's probably very few good reasons to do it that way.
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/HB7LU/3752/ (Updated from one in comment to include logging).
$scope.displayName = $scope.user.name is executed the user property on the $scope has no name value, and changes to user.name will not be propagated to displayName.
If you want to put it in another variable you just have to make a new one.
$scope.newName = $scope.user.name;
The content will be put into the newName scope. Is that what you mean?
$scope.displayName = $scope.user{'name'}; I think you want to rewrite it to: $scope.displayName = $scope.user.name or $scope.user['name'];