JQuery - if two classes - get the first

Question

Example:

Here we have <p class="tab1 current"></p>

How can I get only first grade?

var GetFirstClass = $('p').attr('class').filter(':first'); ??

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Use JavaScript split :

 $('p').attr('class').split(' ')[0] 

Demo

Answer 2

 $('p').attr('class').split(' ')[0] 

Answer 3

You can split string based on a space.

Answer 4

 $('<div class="ab"/>').attr('class').split(' ')[0]