Check if an element contains a class in JavaScript?

Question

Using plain JavaScript (not jQuery), Is there any way to check if an element contains a class?

Currently, I\'m doing this:

Answer 1

Here is a little snippet If you’re trying to check wether element contains a class, without using jQuery.

function hasClass(element, className) {
    return element.className && new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)").test(element.className);
}

This accounts for the fact that element might contain multiple class names separated by space.

OR

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You can also assign this function to element prototype.

Element.prototype.hasClass = function(className) {
    return this.className && new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)").test(this.className);
};

And trigger it like this (very similar to jQuery’s .hasClass() function):

document.getElementById('MyDiv').hasClass('active');