HTML DOM Anchor hash Property


The HTML DOM Anchor hash property is used to set or return the anchor part of the href attribute value. The part of the URL after the # is what we call the anchor part of a link.

Following is the syntax to set the hash property −

anchorObject.hash = anchor_part

Above, anchor_part is the anchor part of the URL.

Following is the syntax to return the hash property −

anchorObject.hash

Let us now see an example to implement the DOM Anchor hash property −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Company</h1>
<p><a id="mylink" href="http://www.demo.com/abc/def.html#myteam">Our Team</a></p>
<p>Get the anchor part...</p>
<h2 id="myid"></h2>
<button onclick="display()">Display Anchor Part</button>
<script>
   function display() {
      var a = document.getElementById("mylink").hash;
      document.getElementById("myid").innerHTML = a;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Now, click on the button to display the anchor part of the link −

Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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