Question

Given the following code:

$(div.now span).text('now');
$(div.30days span).text('30days');
$(div.60days span).text('60days');

If I want to shorten things up, this seems like the logical thing to do as in:

$('span', 'div.now, div.30days, div.60days').text(some text);

Now, in the shortened version, I want to set the text to that of the class name but cant seem to figure out how to do it. Any ideas? I realize this is not an ideal thing to do but just an experiment in JQuery if you will.

Answer 1

Try the following:

$("div span").each(function(){
  $(this).text($(this).closest('div').attr('class'))
})​

DEMO