[maxmsp] $? Newbie question

I remember someone on the list mentioned that it can accept symbols  
as well:

#P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P message 53 35 71 196617 symbol nerdy;
#P message 53 71 20 196617 \$1;
#P newex 53 105 32 196617 print;
#P connect 1 0 0 0;
#P connect 2 0 1 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 3;