Click the button to display the value of the href attribute of the link.
<!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 ww w.j av a 2 s . co m*/ var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").href; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>