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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>delegate alert</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; }
    p { background: #dbeafe; padding: 10px 14px; border-radius: 6px; cursor: pointer; margin: 8px 0; }
    #out { margin-top: 12px; color: #1d4ed8; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>First paragraph — click me.</p>
  <p>Second paragraph — me too.</p>
  <div id="out">Click a paragraph to alert its text.</div>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("body").delegate("p", "click", function() {
      var text = $(this).text();
      $("#out").text("Alerted: " + text);
      alert(text);
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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