jQuery HTML Element How to - Hide paragraphs when they are clicked

Question

We would like to know how to hide paragraphs when they are clicked.

Answer


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<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.js'></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
            $("p").click(function () { 
              $(this).slideUp(); 
            });
            $("p").hover(function () {
              $(this).addClass("hilite");
            }, function () {
              $(this).removeClass("hilite");
            });

        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
          <p>First</p>
          <p>Second</p>
          <p>3</p>
  </body>
</html>

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