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addClass Function

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Function to look if an element has a class, if it doesn't simply add it to the element. If it does have a class add it to the class that is already there. Function expects 2 values, the element to add the class to, and the new class name (value).

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  1. function addClass(element, value) {
  2. 	if(!element.className) {
  3. 		element.className = value;
  4. 	} else {
  5. 		newClassName = element.className;
  6. 		newClassName+= " ";
  7. 		newClassName+= value;
  8. 		element.className = newClassName;
  9. 	}
  10. }

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