Detect element tag name by its class

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to get the name of a element by its class or id.

for exemple retur

Answer 1

use this:

$('.classTag').get(0).tagName;

or this:

$('.classTag')[0].tagName;

for ex we have this markup:

my div 


var $tag = $('.classTag')[0].tagName; //this will return 'DIV'as result
alert($tag);