Jquery- Check if class Exist inside a Div

Question

I have been trying to check whther a class exists inside a div. But it is always resulting a length 0. Here is my Code :-

<div id="accordion2" class="accordion" >
  <div class="accordion-group">
    <div class="accordion-heading"> <a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseOne">
        <div class="align-nav arrow-active">OSTOMY PRODUCTS</div></a>
    </div>
    <div id="collapseOne" class="accordion-body in collapse">
        <div class="accordion-inner">
            <ul>
                <li><a href="#">Professional Resources</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">One-piece Pouching</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="accordion-group">
    <div class="accordion-heading"> <a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseTwo">
        <div class="align-nav arrow-inactive">LEARNING CENTER</div>
    </a> </div>
    <div id="collapseTwo" class="accordion-body collapse">
        <div class="accordion-inner">
            <ul>
                 <li><a href="#">Videos</a></li>
                 <li><a href="#">Before Your Surgery</a></li>
            </ul>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="accordion-group">
    <div class="accordion-heading"> <a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseThree">
      <div class="align-nav">PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES </div>
    </a> </div>
  </div>
  <div class="accordion-group">
    <div class="accordion-heading"> <a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion2" href="#collapseThree">
           <div class="align-nav">PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES </div>
    </a> </div>
  </div>
</div>

For the First 2 div $(this).find('accordion-body').length should be 1. But it still show 0. My Jquery COde is as Follows :-

$('.accordion-heading').click(function() {
            if($(this).find('accordion-body').exist()) {
                alert('hi');
                if($(this).find('.collapsed').length > 0) {
                    alert('hi');
                    //$(this).find('.accordion-toggle .align-nav').removeClass('arrow-active').addClass('arrow-inactive');  
                }
                else {
                    alert('hi');
                    //$(this).find('.accordion-toggle .align-nav').removeClass('arrow-inactive').addClass('arrow-active');
                }
            }
        });

I need to get the $(this).find('accordion-body').length = 1; Please provide Solutions.

Answer 1

you should select a class selector in find since your are searching for class .. and since accordion-body is parents descensent use parent()

try this

$(this).parent().find('.accordion-body').length == 1; 

or you can use hasClass()

Answer 2

That would be '.accordion-body' (the period is vital -- it is the class selector).

Also .exist() is not a jQuery method, but I'll assume you've defined it somewhere.