title: How to get the value of a field with ng-change
body: <p>I know how to react to user input in a textarea with ng-change in AngularJS. But how can I get the current input inside the Angular controller? I am missing something like <code>$(this).value();</code> in jQuery.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;script&gt;
    angular.module('changeExample', [])
      .controller('ExampleController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
        $scope.evaluateChange = function() {
          console.log("How do I get the current content of the field?");
        };
      }]);
  &lt;/script&gt;
  
  &lt;div ng-controller="ExampleController"&gt;
    &lt;textarea ng-change="evaluateChange()" id="ng-change-example1"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>