JQuery remove classes using wildcard

Normally you can remove class by giving its name like

$("element").removeClass("className");

 
... you can provide more than one class like 

$("element").removeClass("className otherClass thirdClass");

   but there is no built-in function in JQuery to remove classes using wildcards. 


you have three classes color-red, color-blue, color-green you want to remove all three classes without providing the name of all.


Try following technique

$("element").attr("class",
      function(pos, classes){
      return classes.replace(/\bbox-\S+/g, "");
});