Replace id with class in this code?

Question

 $(".menu dt a").click(function() {

 var clickedId = "." + this.id.replace(/^link/,"ul");

In the second line above, I want to replace id with class,

I tried

 var clickedId = "." + this.attr("class").replace(/^link/,"ul");

But the code above doesn't worked and showed me the following error in console

this.attr is not a function

Any hints how can I use a class instead of id ?

$(this), not this to have a jQuery object. this is a DOM element — iCollect.it Ltd
– iCollect.it Ltd, Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 12:13

Intrepidd · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-24 12:13:46Z

3

Did you mean

$(this).attr

instead of

this.attr

this in an event callback will return the HTML DOM element, to have a jQuery object, use $(this)

answered Jan 24, 2014 at 12:13

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Jai · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-24 12:16:03Z

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also you can use this.className:

var clickedId = "." + this.className.replace(/^link/,"ul");
//-------------------------^^^^^^^^^--this way

answered Jan 24, 2014 at 12:16

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