Javascript: Add - Remove class functions

function addClasses (el, classes) {
  classes = Array.prototype.slice.call (arguments, 1);
  console.log (classes);
  for (var i = classes.length; i--;) {
    classes[i] = classes[i].trim ().split (/\s*,\s*|\s+/);
    for (var j = classes[i].length; j--;)
      el.classList.add (classes[i][j]);
  }
}

function removeClasses (el, classes) {
  classes = Array.prototype.slice.call (arguments, 1);
  for (var i = classes.length; i--;) {
    classes[i] = classes[i].trim ().split (/\s*,\s*|\s+/);
    for (var j = classes[i].length; j--;)
      el.classList.remove (classes[i][j]);
  }
}