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?

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Answer 1

Here you go, just tweaked readsquare's answer to return an array of all classes:

function classList(elem){
   var classList = elem.attr('class').split(/\s+/);
    var classes = new Array(classList.length);
    $.each( classList, function(index, item){
        classes[index] = item;
    });

    return classes;
}

Pass a jQuery element to the function, so that a sample call will be:

var myClasses = classList($('#myElement'));