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Text() returns a string that contains the combined text contents of all matched elements
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< html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
var str = $("p:first").text();
$("p:last").html(str);
});
</script>
<style>
.selected { color:red; }
.highlight { background:yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<p class="selected highlight">Hello first</p>
<p class="">Hello</p>
</body>
</html>
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