Question

<label>Hatchback    <input type="checkbox" name="" /></label>
<label>Bike     <input type="checkbox" name="" /></label>
<label>Sedan        <input type="checkbox" name="" /></label>
<label>Scooter      <input type="checkbox" name="" /></label>
<label>Coupe        <input type="checkbox" name="" /></label>
<label>SUV      <input type="checkbox" name="" /></label>

I’d like to grab the text in labels and apply them as class names.

This doesn’t work:

var classname = $("fieldset.visual label").text();
$("fieldset.visual label").addClass(classname);

Answer 1

Use each to apply just the text to that specific label as a class.

$('fieldset.visual label').each( function() {
    var className = $(this).text();
    $(this).addClass(className);
});