I came up with a slightly different syntax which suits me a little bit more and adds an optional lower bound as well:
myApp.filter('makeRange', function() {
return function(input) {
var lowBound, highBound;
switch (input.length) {
case 1:
lowBound = 0;
highBound = parseInt(input[0]) - 1;
break;
case 2:
lowBound = parseInt(input[0]);
highBound = parseInt(input[1]);
break;
default:
return input;
}
var result = [];
for (var i = lowBound; i <= highBound; i++)
result.push(i);
return result;
};
});
which you can use as
<div ng-repeat="n in [10] | makeRange">Do something 0..9: {{n}}</div>
or
<div ng-repeat="n in [20, 29] | makeRange">Do something 20..29: {{n}}</div>