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The code in question is here: var $item = $(this).parent().parent().find('input'); What is the purpose of the dollar sign in the variable name, why not just exclude it?

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I'm learning jQuery by trying to understand other people's code. I ran into this: jQuery.fn.myFunc = function(options, callback) { //stuff jQuery(this)[settings.event](function(e) { var self ...

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Possible Duplicate: Why would a javascript variable start with a dollar sign? I see people using the dollar sign in front of variables when using jQuery. Is there any reason behind this? I'm I ...

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Possible Duplicates: Why would a javascript variable start with a dollar sign? JQuery : What is the difference between “var test” and “var $test” What is the difference ...

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what is the difference between these statements? I know that "var $test" declares a jquery variable, but what is the difference of a jquery variable with a general javascript variable ?

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What's the difference between var $x and var x in javascript?

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Possible Duplicate: Why would a JavaScript variable start with a dollar sign? I realized some syntax with jquery and didnt know what it is. here goes: var $foo = $("bar").blah(); var hello$ = $("...

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Possible Duplicate: Why would a JavaScript variable start with a dollar sign? I am not sure what $scope and $defer are but they just seem to work. function xyz($scope, $defer) { xyz = this; ...

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Possible Duplicates: Can someone explain the dollar sign in Javascript? Why would a javascript variable start with a dollar sign? Why is it that I can assign a function to $ in Javascript, but ...

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I was wondering something about the $ of jQuery. I know that it refers to jQuery object, but I a found something a bit different today : $parent In the code I'm working on, that's a substitute to $(...

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Searched for duplicates but couldn't find any.. Is there any substantial difference between: var $foo = $(this); and var foo = $(this); ??

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What is a difference between these two variables? (please see dollar sign) var $button = $("<input>"); and var button = $("<input>"); ?

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So in jQuery you have $variable and in Javascript you have variable without the $ Why do you use the $ if you can just simply declare something as var variable? Why do you need to have jQuery $...

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The question about javascript varabile with a dollar sign has been answered by a couple of times. In short, the dollar sign plays as an identifier in javascript variable. However, I was wondering ...

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Possible Duplicate: Why would a javascript variable start with a dollar sign? Can someone explain the dollar sign in Javascript? I was looking at a js tutorial where several of the functions ...