understanding the usage of forward slash in element creation.

guys have a look at the below peice of code ::

[CODE]
var $dots = “<div class=”anim-dots”></div>”;

console.log($dots) // “<div class=”anim-dots”></div>”
[/CODE]

if i do ::

[CODE]
var $dots = “<div class=”anim-dots”></div>”;

console.log($dots)

// i get an error as follows ::

/*
Exception: SyntaxError: missing ; before statement
*/[/CODE]

what is the / doing in the code really ?

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