how to get the class name in jquery code example

Example 1: jquery get class name

//jQuery get class name of element 
var className=$('#myElementID').attr('class');

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();
    }); 
}