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I want to show all elements with some class name (string). Something like:

var somevar = "apple"
$( .... select all elements with class == somevar  ).show();

How can it be done?

I want to show all elements with some class name (string). Something like:

var somevar = "apple"
$( .... select all elements with class == somevar  ).show();

How can it be done?

• javascript
• jquery

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• 4 5 answers and all the same. Must be correct :) – Marko Commented Aug 31, 2010 at 19:52

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$("." + somevar).show()

I think it should be as simple as

$('.' + somevar).show();

$("." + somevar).show();

$(document).ready(function(){

  var somevar = ".apple"

      $(somevar).show();

});​

That will show .apple

OR

$(document).ready(function(){

  var somevar = "apple"

      $('.' + somevar).show();

});​

$('.'+somevar).show();