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HTML
<p id="experiment"><span class="21232">an example</span> of what <span class="332423">
I'm talking</span> about. There are span's with <span class="21232"> generated
ID's </span>.<span class="21232">an example</span> of what <span class="332423">
I'm talking</span> about. There are span's with <span class="21232"> generated
ID's </span>.</p>
JavaScript
$('p#experiment > span').hover(function(){
$('.' + $(this).attr('class')).css('border', '1px solid red')
},function(){ $('.' + $(this).attr('class')).css('border', 'none') })