jQuery get multiple class name and convert them to an array

Question

Suppose I have an element look likes

<div class="amy mary peter john tom">abc</div>

I will use the jQuery to get the class name

var classname = $(div).attr('class');

Since the result is "amy mary peter john tom", how can I convert this string to array?

Somethings likes var classname = ["amy", "mary", "peter", "john", "tom"];

Thanks

Emmett · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-30 02:43:02Z

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Use the string split function:

var classname = $('div').attr('class').split(/\s+/);

answered Jul 30, 2011 at 2:43

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Andoy Abarquez · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-21 02:29:18Z

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for Example : you have : and you want to get the 'class2'

just add this. hope will help this. $('div').attr('class').split(' ')[1];

answered Mar 21, 2013 at 2:29

Andoy Abarquez

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