Select element by class name in jQuery

Description

The following code shows how to select element by class name.

Example


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<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".myClass").css("border","3px solid red");
});
</script>

</head>
<body>
<div class="notMe">div </div>
<div class="myClass">div</div>
<span class="myClass">j av  a2s.com</span>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Select element by class name in jQuery
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