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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").has("b,span").css("background-color", "yellow"); });/* w ww . ja v a2s. com*/ </script> </head> <body> <h1>Welcome to My Homepage</h1> <p>My <span>name</span> is CSS.</p> <p>This is a <span>test</span>.</p> <p>This <b>is</b> another test..</p> </body> </html>