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    The detach() method removes the selected elements, including all text and child nodes. However, the advantage of using this method is that it keeps data and events i.e keeps a copy of the removed elements, which allows them to be reinserted at a later time.

    Program to detach an element from DOM and then reattach it.

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>detach demo</title>
      <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
     
    <p>Hello</p>
    how are
    <p>you?</p>
    <button>Attach/detach paragraphs</button>
     
    <script>
    var a;
    $( "button" ).click(function() {
      if ( a ) 
      {
        a.appendTo( "body" );
        a = null;
      } else 
      {
        a = $( "p" ).detach();
      }
    });
    </script>
     
    </body>
    </html>

    Explanation:

    The detach() method removes the selected elements "p" in this case. A variable a is declared and on the basis of that vale "p" element is detached from DOM or appended to the body. On clicking of button value of a is checked which if true then element "p" is attached to the body else it is detached from body. The variable a  keeps a copy of the removed elements when detached method is applied to "p" element and checking it's value "p" is appended to body through a and assigning it to null to maintain toggling effect of attaching and detaching "p" element.

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