jquery remove matching classes?
<p>I have a list of stuff with thing like</p>

<pre><code>                    &lt;ul&gt;
                        &lt;li&gt;
                            &lt;div class="pack1 active1"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$3.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/li&gt;
                        &lt;li&gt;
                            &lt;div class="pack2"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$5.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/li&gt;
                        &lt;li&gt;
                            &lt;div class="pack3 active3"&gt;&lt;div id="ribbon"&gt;&lt;span&gt;40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;$6.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/li&gt;
                        &lt;li&gt;
                            &lt;div class="pack4"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$10.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/li&gt;
                        &lt;li&gt;
                            &lt;div class="pack5"&gt;&lt;span&gt;$259.99&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
                        &lt;/li&gt;
                    &lt;/ul&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>and I want to remove all the active* classes on click. I've tried to do something like <code>$('*[class^="active"]').removeClass()</code> but that isn't working</p>

<p>Any help?</p>
