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Is there any substantial difference between:
var $foo = $(this);
and
var foo = $(this);
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11No difference. `$` is a valid character in variables. Just a visual cue that it is a jQuery object. – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 09:07
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No difference at all... – mohkhan Jul 19 '13 at 09:07
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1There's no functional difference, but it's the convention to prefix variables denoting jQuery objects with `$`. – Rob W Jul 19 '13 at 09:07
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1were you looking for `this` vs `$(this)` ? – exexzian Jul 19 '13 at 09:08
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1@elclanrs: Do turn that into an answer :) – Jon Jul 19 '13 at 09:08
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No difference. $ is a valid character in variables. It's a visual cue that tells you that's a jQuery object.
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1@MaVRoSCy - [visual cue is correct](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_cue) – Martin Smith Jul 19 '13 at 09:11
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1@MartinSmith: I had to look it up too, I'm like "pretty sure 'cue' is what I meant". – elclanrs Jul 19 '13 at 09:13