// given an element: <div id="myID" class="wrapper active">
//JQuery answer
if ( $("#myID").hasClass("active") ){
//true: myID has class active
} else {
//false: myID does not have class active
}if ($(".mydivclass").length){
// Do something if class exists
} else {
// Do something if class does not exist
}$("#EL_ID").hasClass("CLASS_NAME");if ($(".mydivclass")[0]){
// Do something if class exists
} else {
// Do something if class does not exist
}if ($("#about").hasClass("opened")) {
$("#about").animate({right: "-700px"}, 2000);
}// if class exist the expresion will return true and the code from if statement will execute
if ($(".mydivclass")){
// Do something if class exists
} else {
// Do something if class does not exist
}