HTMLAnchorElement: toString() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLAnchorElement.toString()
stringifier
method returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a read-only
version of HTMLAnchorElement.href
.
Syntax
js
toString()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A string containing the element's complete URL.
Examples
Calling toString on an anchor element
js
// An <a id="myAnchor" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
anchor.toString(); // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement'
Specifications
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Browser compatibility
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See also
- The
HTMLAnchorElement
interface it belongs to.