Syntax

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 (double quotes in name are replaced with "), then the text str, and then an </a> end tag.

Examples

Using anchor()

The code below creates an HTML string and then replaces the document's body with it:

const contentString = "Hello, world";
document.body.innerHTML = contentString.anchor("hello");

This will create the following HTML:

<a name="hello">Hello, world</a>

Warning: This markup is invalid, because name is no longer a valid attribute of the <a> element.

Instead of using anchor() and creating HTML text directly, you should use DOM APIs such as document.createElement(). For example:

const contentString = "Hello, world";
const elem = document.createElement("a");
elem.innerText = contentString;
document.body.appendChild(elem);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Polyfill of String.prototype.anchor in core-js
• es-shims polyfill of String.prototype.anchor
• HTML wrapper methods
• <a>