What is the use $ character in jQuery

$ is an object of jQuery library which has all the properties and functions.

Hi rjregina,

$ sign is use to define/access jQuery

Basic syntex of Jquery is $(Selector).action()

• A $ sign is use to define/access jQuery
• A (selector) to "query (or find)" HTML elements
• A jQuery action() to be performed on the element(s)

for more details refer below links

http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_syntax.asp

http://learn.jquery.com/using-jquery-core/dollar-object-vs-function/

I hope this will help you out.