What is the meaning of a dollar sign before an Android resource id : <p>In the accepted answer of the following post(<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21872150/android-custom-numeric-keyboard/21873135">Android custom numeric keyboard</a>) I found a syntax that I don't understand: </p>

<pre><code>$(R.id.t9_key_0).setOnClickListener(this);
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<p>What does the dollar sign mean in front? Is it specifically related to Android resource ids or is more a general Java syntax? Search engine results didn't show any suitable results. </p>
