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HTML
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="inner"><a href="#1">LOL</a></div>
<div class="inner active"><a href="#2">ACTIVE LOL</a></div>
</div>
JavaScript
console.log($('.wrapper .active'));
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="inner"><a href="#1">LOL</a></div>
<div class="inner active"><a href="#2">ACTIVE LOL</a></div>
</div>
console.log($('.wrapper .active'));