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JScript / JavaScript Extension Feature

getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag)

A quick and elegant way of grabbing elements by a className by Dustin Diaz

Supply a class name as a string.

(optional) Supply a node. This can be obtained by getElementById, or simply by just throwing in “document” (it will be document if don’t supply a node)). It’s mainly useful if you know your parent and you don’t want to loop through the entire D.O.M.

(optional) Limit your results by adding a tagName. Very useful when you’re toggling checkboxes and etcetera. You could just supply “input“. 

function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

Here is a sample useage: 

<html>
<head>
	<title>getElementsByClass</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function showFoo() {
	var el = getElementsByClass(document,'foo','*');
	alert(el.length);
	}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
	<div id="wrapper">
		<div>
		<p>Searching <span class="foo">foo</span></p>
		<p class="foo">foo</p>
		<p class="bar Foo">boo Far</p>
		<p class="bar foo">boo far</p>
		<p class="foo bar">foo bar</p>
		<p class="fooo">fooo</p>
		<p class="foobar">foobar</p>
		<p class="bar foo bars">bar foo bars</p>
		<p class="boofar">boofar</p>
		<button onclick="showFoo();">Show Total foo</button>
	</div>
</body>

Pushing the button shows "5"

See also:

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