Get class list for element with jQuery

Question

Is there a way in jQuery to loop through or assign to an array all of the classes that are assigned to an element?

ex.

Answer 1

Here is a jQuery plugin which will return an array of all the classes the matched element(s) have

;!(function ($) {
    $.fn.classes = function (callback) {
        var classes = [];
        $.each(this, function (i, v) {
            var splitClassName = v.className.split(/\s+/);
            for (var j = 0; j < splitClassName.length; j++) {
                var className = splitClassName[j];
                if (-1 === classes.indexOf(className)) {
                    classes.push(className);
                }
            }
        });
        if ('function' === typeof callback) {
            for (var i in classes) {
                callback(classes[i]);
            }
        }
        return classes;
    };
})(jQuery);

Use it like

$('div').classes();

In your case returns

["Lorem", "ipsum", "dolor_spec", "sit", "amet"]

You can also pass a function to the method to be called on each class

$('div').classes(
    function(c) {
        // do something with each class
    }
);

Here is a jsFiddle I set up to demonstrate and test http://jsfiddle.net/GD8Qn/8/

Minified Javascript

;!function(e){e.fn.classes=function(t){var n=[];e.each(this,function(e,t){var r=t.className.split(/\s+/);for(var i in r){var s=r[i];if(-1===n.indexOf(s)){n.push(s)}}});if("function"===typeof t){for(var r in n){t(n[r])}}return n}}(jQuery);