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HTML
<div class="example" title=" $ ">Something in the div</div>
<br /><br />
<button id="change-before">change before</button>
CSS
.example:before {
content: attr(title);
margin-left: 4px;
color: #666;
}
JavaScript
$("#change-before").on("click", function() {
$(".example").attr("title", " £ ");
});