Checking whether a class name exists?

Question

I want to check whether a class name exist irrespective of its id or tag.

Suppose I'm having class name "temp".

I need to check something like jQuery('.temp').length -> this is not working

Answer 1

jQuery.fn.exists = function(){
    return jQuery(this).length>0;
}

if ($(selector).exists()) {
    // Do something 
}

Answer 2

$('.temp').length does work.

See http://jsfiddle.net/ThiefMaster/wEXVu/