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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

  <meta charset="utf-8">

  <title>empty demo</title>

  <style>

    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; max-width: 480px; }

    p { background: #fef08a; margin: 6px 0; padding: 8px 10px; border-radius: 4px; min-height: 1em; }

    button { margin-top: 12px; padding: 10px 16px; background: #6366f1; color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 6px; cursor: pointer; }

    #hint { color: #64748b; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; }

  </style>

</head>

<body>

  <p>Hello, Person and person.</p>

  <p>Another paragraph with text.</p>

  <button type="button">Call empty() on paragraphs</button>

  <p id="hint">Click the button to empty all p elements (except this hint).</p>

  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>

  <script>

    $("button").on("click", function() {

      $("p").not("#hint").empty();

      $("#hint").text("Paragraphs are now empty tags — parent p elements remain in DOM.");

    });

  </script>

</body>

</html>

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