Jquery add class in a variable containig html string

Question

I have this variable and i want to add a class to it. I tryed this method, but this defenetly is not working

var someVar = '<i class="firstClass"></i>';// Html Markup to be used later.
    someVar.addClass('secondClass'); 

I need a different method to adding a new class to the html markup.

Thanks

Answer 1

You can only use addClass on a HTML element so you need to set your variable to be a DOM element (e.g. $('<i>')):-

var someVar = $('<i>', {'class': 'firstClass'});
someVa.addClass('secondClass');