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1,171 Pointsare you able to have a variable name start with a $?
are you able to have a variable name start with a $?
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Steven Parker
231,110 PointsYou certainly can; and in fact it is recommended that when using the jQuery library, that any variables used to refer to jQuery objects be named this way.
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsThey sure can. You can read more about what's valid by referencing this MDN article.
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