Does a jQuery selector by id always work without quotes and # sign?

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Published on 2012-11-18T11:06:44Z Indexed on 2012/11/18 17:01 UTC
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I suddenly found that while using Mozilla / jQuery v1.8.2 I do not need to use the id with quotes and # sign. For example, $(bt2) works the same as $(“#bt2”), see the code below.

Will this selector always work and are there any potential drawbacks from using this shorter form of selection?

<html>
<head>
    <title>append</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    $(document).ready (function(){
        $(bt2).click(function(){
           $(i1).append("<li>a4</li>", "<li>a5</li>");
        });
    }); 
   </script>
</head>
<body>
    <button id="Button1">Append List</button>
    <ul id="i1">
        <li>a1</li>
    </ul>
</body>
</html>

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