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jQuery alterClass plugin: Remove element classes with wildcard matching. Optionally add classes.
/**
* jQuery alterClass plugin
*
* Remove element classes with wildcard matching. Optionally add classes:
* $( '#foo' ).alterClass( 'foo-* bar-*', 'foobar' )
*
* Copyright (c) 2011 Pete Boere (the-echoplex.net)
* Free under terms of the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*
*/
(function ( $ ) {
$.fn.alterClass = function ( removals, additions ) {
var self = this;
if ( removals.indexOf( '*' ) === -1 ) {
// Use native jQuery methods if there is no wildcard matching
self.removeClass( removals );
return !additions ? self : self.addClass( additions );
}
var patt = new RegExp( '\\s' +
removals.
replace( /\*/g, '[A-Za-z0-9-_]+' ).
split( ' ' ).
join( '\\s|\\s' ) +
'\\s', 'g' );
self.each( function ( i, it ) {
var cn = ' ' + it.className + ' ';
while ( patt.test( cn ) ) {
cn = cn.replace( patt, ' ' );
}
it.className = $.trim( cn );
});
return !additions ? self : self.addClass( additions );
};
})( jQuery );
@anandbhaskaran
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Good work :)

@anand9
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anand9 commented May 19, 2016

thanks a lot.. 👍

@timothyleerussell
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Nice. Very handy. +1

@xD3CODER
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Nice ! thanks a lot

@AreCoca25
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Nice! Thanks +1

@ponsakthianand
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Saved my time... Thank you!

@ztg-zlu
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ztg-zlu commented May 15, 2020

正是我需要的

@Sasino97
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Saved a lot of my time, thanks 😍

@MohammedNuru
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MohammedNuru commented Jul 26, 2021

Great work man. and simple yet fast solution. Thanks! 👍

@iamshareque
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thanks 👍

@JyteCeo
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JyteCeo commented Sep 12, 2022

This is nice bro .. thanks

@Daniel-FDS
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Daniel-FDS commented Nov 6, 2023

This works beautifully... thank you very much, I truly appreciate it. 🙏🏼

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