How can I check in JavaScript if a DOM element contains a class?

A better solution than all of these (if you are using HTML5) is to use the classList API.

var element = document.getElementById('some-element');

if (element.classList.contains('class-you-want-to-check')) {
  console.log('element has target class')
} else {
  element.classList.add('class-you-want-to-check');
  element.classList.remove('class-you-want-to-check');
  element.classList.toggle('class-you-want-to-check');

  if (element.classList.contains('class-you-want-to-check')) {
    console.log('Yep, classList is baller')
  }
}