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GetElementByClass

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Return array of elements with a certain class.


function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {

	var classElements = new Array();
	if (node == null)
		node = document;
	if (tag == null)
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\s|$)");
	var j = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if (pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

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