show hide a div in jquery code example

Example 1: jquery show hide

$("#hide").click(function(){
  $("p").hide();
});

$("#show").click(function(){
  $("p").show();
});

Example 2: jquery to hide a div

<div id="main"> 
  <p> Hide/show this div </p>
</div>

('#main').hide(); //to hide

// 2nd way, by injecting css using jquery
$("#main").css("display", "none");