The pathname
property sets or gets the path name of the href
attribute value.
Return the path name of a link:
var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").pathname;
Click the button to display the pathname of the link.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p><a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.java2s.com:80/index.html#part1">Example link</a></p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/* w ww. java 2s . co m*/ var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").pathname; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>