How to have gradle variable with a "-" dash/minus as dependencies version variable?

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Can a gradle variable used in dependencies section have a “-” dash/minus in them, It looks like if i have a variable with “-” gradle cannot resolve dependencies and fails in the build step.

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A dash represents an arithmetic operator in Java (and Groovy). That’s why you can’t use it when defining variables usually. However, you could probably define the variable as extra property:

ext.'spring-version' = '3.0'
println ext.'spring-version'
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Using ‘ext’ when reading an extra property is problematic though. I would recommend to go with a simple and pragmatic solution, which is to use ‘_’ instead of ‘-’.

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Thanks! i ended up using _.