Yep, as MorningZ said, it's a good practice to use it to differentiate
those that are storing a jQuery object.
$myDiv = $("#div_1");
$myDiv.hide();
It's easier to tell that you're working with a jQuery object.
Otherwise, it's just a regular variable.
On Jul 2, 8:51 am, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "obviously I think 2nd is a jQuery variable? If that's the case why
> should I care and where is the docs on that? "
>
> It just seems to be common practice by a lot of jQuery people smarter
> than us to signify it's a jQuery object stored in that variable, it
> has zero to do with jQuery itself per se
>
> On Jul 2, 2:29 pm, Michael Lawson <mjlaw...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > Just to addon to what Waseem here has said:
>
> > When you are using the default jQuery library, the variable $ is set to the
> > value of jQuery, which creates a shortcut for you so that you don't have to
> > keep typing jQuery everytime you want to access it, you can just type $.
>
> > cheers
>
> > Michael Lawson
> > Development Lead, Global Solutions, ibm.com
> > Phone: 1-276-206-8393
> > E-mail: mjlaw...@us.ibm.com
>
> > 'Examine my teachings critically, as a gold assayer would test gold. If you
> > find they make sense, conform to your experience, and don't harm yourself
> > or others, only then should you accept them.'
>
> > From: waseem sabjee <waseemsab...@gmail.com>
> >
>
> > To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> >
>
> > Date: 07/02/2009 02:26 PM
> >
>
> > Subject: [jQuery] Re: var $varname
> >
>
> > its not really a jquery variable
>
> > in standard js you can say
> > var $myvar = "hello";
> > and
> > var myvar = "hello";
>
> > both will work the same
>
> > you can access jquery using either the $ or JQuery
> > like
>
> > $("#myid").hide();
> > JQuery("#myid").hide();
>
> > in a line of the JQuery library code you would see something like
>
> > JQuery = window.JQuery = window.$ ...
>
> > your could say its like short hand code
>
> > instead of saying JQuery("") al the time you can just say $("")
>
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 8:18 PM, expresso <dschin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > what's the difference between:
>
> > var varname
>
> > var $varname
>
> > obviously I think 2nd is a jQuery variable? If that's the case why
> > should I care and where is the docs on that?
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