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has span as child
<!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, h3, div").has("span").css("background-color", "yellow"); });/*w w w . java 2 s . c o m*/ </script> </head> <body> <p>A p element with a <span>span</span> element inside of it.</p> <p>Another p element with a <span>span</span> element inside of it.</p> <p>A p element with a <span>span</span> element inside of it.</p> <p>Another p element with a <span>span</span> element inside of it.</p> <p>A p element with no span inside.</p> <p>A p element with no span inside.</p> <h3>A h3 element with a <span>span</span> element inside of it</h3> <div>A div element with a <span>span</span> element inside of it</div> </body> </html>