Go one step back with history.back() in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to go one step back with history.back().

Example


<!--  w w w.jav  a 2  s  .c  o m-->
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//go back one page
window.history.back();
</script>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Go one step back with history.back() in JavaScript
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