Get class name using jQuery

Question

Hello,

<div class="myclass"></div>

I want to get the class name using jQuery

And if it has an id <div class="myclass"></div>

Thanks Jean

Answer 1

var className = $('.myclass').attr('class');

should do the trick.

Answer 2

Thank you. It's working. We can do the same like this also :

var className = $(this).attr('class');