how to find the class in jquery code example

Example 1: find class using jquery

var myVar = $("#start").find('.myClass').val();

Example 2: how to find a name of class from page in jquery

if ($(".Mandatory").length > 0) {
    // Do stuff with $(".Mandatory")
    $(".Mandatory").each(function() {
        // "this" points to current item in looping through all elements with
        // class="Mandatory"
        $(this).doSomejQueryWithElement();
    }); 
}