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| // So here's my jQuery script. | |
| $(document).ready(function(){ | |
| $("#one").after("<p>Awesome funtimes for all!</p>"); | |
| $("#two").after($("p")); | |
| $("p").remove(); | |
| }); | |
| //how does it know that by "p" I mean my paragraph? I don't declare it as a variable... | |
| // but it still moves it after #two and removes it... why is that? | |
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Result</title> | |
| <script type='text/javascript' src='script.js'></script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <div class="container"> | |
| <h2>Greetings</h2> | |
| <div id="one">Div #1</div> | |
| <div id="two">Div #2</div> | |
| </div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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In jQuery you can use any CSS selectors to select elements, including tag names. When you use
$("p")it is selecting all p tags on the page.https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Getting_started/Selectors