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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> div p { background-color: yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <h2>Descendant Combinator (space)</h2> <p>The descendant combinator (space) matches all elements that are descendants (children, grandchildren, etc.) of a specified element.</p> <p>The following example selects all p elements inside div elements:</p> <div> <p>Paragraph 1 in the div.</p> <p>Paragraph 2 in the div.</p> <section><p>Paragraph 3 in the div.</p></section> </div> <p>Paragraph 4. Not in a div.</p> <p>Paragraph 5. Not in a div.</p> </body> </html>
