way to identify only by class name?

JohnP

I couldn't figure out a way to identify a node simply by class name. If there is a better way, please post some feedback.
I don't care if it is a div or a span, but if there is something on the page with a specific class name, the best solution I found was to use jquery:

_getText($(".className"))

Again, if there is a better way in sahi script, please update this post
I want something to the effect of
_node("classname")

JohnP

Today, I can't get the above code to work; the jQuery identifier causes the error:
"$" is not defined
so I wrote this as the alternative:

if(_exists(_div("class"))){
var $observedText = _getText(_div("class"));
}else if(_exists(_span("class"))){
var $observedText = _getText(_span("class"));
}else{
etc.