How to add and remove classes in Javascript without jQuery

The following 3 functions work in browsers which don't support classList:

function hasClass(el, className)
{
    if (el.classList)
        return el.classList.contains(className);
    return !!el.className.match(new RegExp('(\\s|^)' + className + '(\\s|$)'));
}

function addClass(el, className)
{
    if (el.classList)
        el.classList.add(className)
    else if (!hasClass(el, className))
        el.className += " " + className;
}

function removeClass(el, className)
{
    if (el.classList)
        el.classList.remove(className)
    else if (hasClass(el, className))
    {
        var reg = new RegExp('(\\s|^)' + className + '(\\s|$)');
        el.className = el.className.replace(reg, ' ');
    }
}

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Another approach to add the class to element using pure JavaScript

For adding class:

document.getElementById("div1").classList.add("classToBeAdded");

For removing class:

document.getElementById("div1").classList.remove("classToBeRemoved");

Note: but not supported in IE <= 9 or Safari <=5.0