JQuery: which element was clicked?

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I have a list with links. These links are links to tables on the same page. What I want to do is whatever link I click in the list it will show its corresponding table and hide all the others.

Without adding a different id/class to each link in the list and its corresponding table, is there a way to find out which element was clicked and show() its table?

From what I understand JQuery returns an array object on its selector. How can I find out what element of the array was clicked?

I've tried to use event.which but I'm a little lost.

Help is greatly appreciated!

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