Javascript DOM HTML Anchor href Property set

Introduction

The href property sets or gets the value of the href attribute of a link.

We can set an absolute URL, for example href="http://www.example.com/default.htm".

Or we can use a relative URL, for example href="index.htm".

We can also use an anchor URL which points to an anchor within a page, like href="#top".

When used in getter, it returns the URL of the link.

It returns the entire URL, including the protocol, for example http://.

Change the URL of a link:

document.getElementById("myAnchor").href = "http://www.example.com/";

Click the button to change the value of the href attribute of the link.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p><a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.example.com">examples</a></p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {//from   w ww.  ja va  2 s  . c om
  document.getElementById("myAnchor").href = "http://www.java2s.com/";
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "The link url changed.";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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Javascript DOM HTML Anchor href Property set

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