>>var setFormDirty = function (form) {
>>                var sform = $scope[form];
>>                if (sform && sform.editDailyCodesForm)
>>                    sform.editDailyCodesForm.$setDirty();
>>            }

>Similar, but I actually planned to use variable for the last part of the name (the editDailyCodesForm). I'm going to try it that way, I know I use it for other cases of the properties of an object, just not with the forms.

you can try this in the browser console:

var form = 'editDailyCodesForm'
$scope.form[form]