Question

I want to store a selector in a variable and I want to use that object in instances where I need to find a class of ‘.active’. Which would return the object that is ‘.active’.

Basically, how would i write a selector like this: $(‘.classname.active’)

var $varName = $('.multipleDivs');
$varName.hasClass('active'); // this returns true, but not the object

var $varName = $('.multipleDivs'); 
$('.active', $varName); // this returns an empty array

Answer 1

Your original guess is the right way to do it.

$(".multipleDivs.active")

alternatively, you can do

$varName.filter(".active")