Toggle alert from bootstrap

Question

Im using the following alert and I want it to be toggle after 2 sec,how should I do that ?

    <div class="alert alert-info">
        <a href="#" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">&times;</a>
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    </div>

Answer 1

$('#alert').fadeIn('slow').delay(2000).fadeOut('slow');

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