String.prototype.anchor()

The anchor() method creates a string beginning with an <a name="..."> start tag, then some text, and then an </a> end tag.

Syntax

str.anchor(name)

Parameters

name

A string representing a name value to put into the generated <a name="..."> start tag.

Return value

A string beginning with an <a name="name"> start tag, then the text str, and then an </a> end tag

Description

Don't use this method. Use DOM APIs instead. Also, the HTML specification no longer allows the <a> element to have a name attribute, so this method doesn't even create valid markup.

Examples

Using anchor()

var myString = 'Table of Contents';

document.body.innerHTML = myString.anchor('contents_anchor');

will output the following HTML:

<a name="contents_anchor">Table of Contents</a>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

See also

• String.prototype.link()