What is the @ symbol in Javascript?

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I stumbled upon https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/10610/refactoring-javascript-into-pure-functions-to-make-code-more-readable-and-mainta and I don't understand the answer since the user uses an @ symbol in a way I've never seen before. What does it do when attached to the if keyword? Can you attach it to other keywords?

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 30 '12 at 23:06

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It's not a JavaScript thing. It's a symbol used by whatever templating system that answer was referring to. Note that the <script> element has type text/html, which will prevent browsers from paying any attention to its contents.

Some other JavaScript code will find that script and fetch its innerHTML in order to merge the template with some data to create ... well whatever that template makes.

edited Jun 30 '12 at 23:06

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answered Jun 30 '12 at 23:03

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The templating system in question is Razor in .Net MVC3 – Peter T. LaComb Jr. Jun 30 '12 at 23:07

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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@: syntax in Razor

Said by @StriplingWarrior at Using Razor within JavaScript

It is razor code, not javascript, if you are interested in razor check: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/02/introducing-razor.aspx

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answered Jun 30 '12 at 23:08

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Razor syntax starts code blocks with a @ character and does not require explicit closing of the code-block. – Mario Corchero Jun 30 '12 at 23:11

What is the @ symbol in Javascript?

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