jQuery: advanced class search
HTML
<div id="test" class="test-1 test-2 test-3"></div>
JavaScript
var $class = $('#test').attr('class');
var $classes = $class.split(' ');
var myClass = '';
$.each($classes, function(i, v) {
var $cls = v;
var parts = $cls.split('-');
if(parts[1] == '3') {
myClass = $cls;
}
});
alert(myClass); // test-3