[javascript] What characters are valid for JavaScript variable names?

function isValidVarName( name ) {
    try {
        // Update, previoulsy it was
        // eval('(function() { var ' + name + '; })()');
        Function('var ' + name);
    } catch( e ) {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

isValidVarName('my_var');     // true
isValidVarName('1');          // false

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