Stop event with event.preventDefault() - Javascript DOM

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Stop event with event.preventDefault()

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <a href="delete.php?id=22" class="confirmation">Link</a> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
    var elems = document.getElementsByClassName('confirmation');
    var confirmIt = function (e) {
        if (!confirm('Are you sure?')) 
           e.preventDefault();//from ww  w . j  a v  a  2 s . c o  m
    };
    for (var i = 0, l = elems.length; i < l; i++) {
        elems[i].addEventListener('click', confirmIt, false);
    }

      </script>  
   </body>
</html>

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