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How do I pass the contents of a textbox into angular js as an input parameter, rather than a $scope variable

<textarea
    required="true"
    spellcheck="on"
    data-ng-model="myVariable"
    rows="4">
</textarea>

How do I pass the contents of a textbox into angular js as an input parameter, rather than a $scope variable

<button 
  id="description-submit-button"
  data-ng-click="mySpecialFunction(myVariable)"
  buttonType="${'primary'}"
  htmlButtonType="${'button'}"
>
  <text>"Submit"</text>
</button>

How do I pass the contents of a textbox into angular js as an input parameter, rather than a $scope variable

$scope.mySpecialFunction = function (value) {
    // value === myVariable
    // do something with it here
};