Javascript Reference - JavaScript String link() Method

The link() method is used to display a string as a hyperlink by wrapping the string in the <a> tag.

Browser Support


`link()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

stringObject.link('url');

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
url	Required. The URL to link to

Return Value

A string embedded in the <a> tag.

String with HTML tags

Method	Output
anchor(name)	<a name="name">string</a>
big()	<big>string</big>
bold()	<b>string</b
fixed()	<tt>string</tt>
fontcolor(color)	<font color="color">string</font>
fontsize(size)	<font size="size">string
italics()	<i>string</i>
link(url)	<a href="url">string</a>
small()	<small>string</small>
strike()	<strike>string</strike>
sub()	<sub>string</sub>
sup()	<sup>string</sup>

The following code shows how to use the methods above.

<html>
<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      var myString = new String();
      myString = "java2s.com";
      document.writeln(myString.anchor("java2s.com"));
      document.writeln(myString.big());
      document.writeln(myString.bold());
      document.writeln(myString.fixed());
      document.writeln(myString.fontcolor(color));
      document.writeln(myString.fontsize(size));
      document.writeln(myString.italics());
      document.writeln(myString.link(url));
      document.writeln(myString.small());
      document.writeln(myString.strike());
      document.writeln(myString.sub());
      document.writeln(myString.sup());
<!--from w  w w . j av a2  s. c  o m-->
    </script>
</body>
</html>

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Example


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
var txt = "tutorial!";
document.write("The original string: " + txt);
document.write("<p>Link: " + txt.link("http://www.java2s.com") + "</p>");
</script><!--from w  ww  .  jav  a2 s.  c o m-->
</body>
</html>

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