JavaScript runtime error: '$' is undefined

Question

So classic problem, but having a horrible time on finding the actual cause. Typically when I see this error it\'s because the jQuery reference is after code requiring it, or

Answer 1

I was getting this same error code:

(Error: 'generateText' is undefined)

...on the code

var bodyText=["The....now."]

I discovered on my text-editor(Notepad++), when typing many lines of text in the directly above the variable bodyText, if I didn't hit return carriage (enter==>WordWrap is off) just kept typing w/o return carriage and let the editor adjust text it worked?

Must be in the settings of Notepad++??