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Asked: 2026-06-06T20:54:59+00:00

i want to replace class me to old when user clicks on a tag,

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i want to replace class me to old when user clicks on a tag, i want to do that only with .replace function. My purpose to learn how replace method work. But the function which i have made not working. 

<head>    
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.7.2.js"></script>  
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
    $('a').click(function(){
        $(this).attr('class').replace('me','old')
    })
})  
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" class="me">click</a>
</body>
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  1. Editorial Team

    you are getting the class and it doesn’t effect the class attribute, you can replace the string then set it to the element:

     $('a').click(function(){
    var cls = $(this).attr('class').replace('me','old')
    $(this).removeClass('me').addClass(cls)
    })
})
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