Thanks for your perception, donb ;) And thank you, Ram, that's exactly what I needed! Cherry
On Jan 24, 11:15 pm, donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net> wrote: > $("p").hasClass("tiny").each( > function(i) { > ...do something .. > } > ); > > On Jan 24, 4:13 pm, "cherry.aus...@gmail.com" > > <cherry.aus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm getting all knotted up on this! > > > I'm looking to use one class, from an element with several, as a > > selector. > > Example: > > > <div class="red tiny bold"> > > <p class="tiny"> > > > target = $( 'div' ).attr( 'class' ); > > // get 'tiny' from returned value > > $( "'p." + target + "'" ).doSomething(); > > > How to I get jQuery to pick out just the class I need?