find class in element code example

Example 1: jquery find tag and class

$(".txtClass")                  =>  getElementsByClassName()

$("#childDiv2 .txtClass")       =>  getElementById(),
                                    then getElementsByClassName()

$("#childDiv2 > .txtClass")     =>  getElementById(),
                                    then iterate over children and check class

$("input.txtClass")             =>  getElementsByTagName(),
                                    then iterate over results and check class

$("#childDiv2 input.txtClass")  =>  getElementById(),
                                    then getElementsByTagName(),
                                    then iterate over results and check 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();
    }); 
}