What is anchor() Method in JavaScript ?

The anchor() method in JavaScript is a string method used to create an HTML anchor element (<a>) with the specified text (the string itself) as the visible content, and a URL specified as the method’s argument as the href attribute of the anchor element.

Syntax:

string.anchor(name)

• string: The string to be displayed as the anchor text.
• name: The URL to be assigned to the href attribute of the anchor element.

Example: Here, the anchor() method is called on the str string with the URL "https://example.com" as its argument. This creates an HTML anchor element (<a>) with the text "Click here" as its content and the URL "https://example.com" as its href attribute value. The resulting anchor element is then assigned to the anchorTag variable.

Javascript

const str = "Click here";
const anchorTag = str.anchor("https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/javascript-typedarray-reverse-method/");

console.log(anchorTag);

Output

<a name="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/javascript-typedarray-reverse-method/">Click here</a>

Note:

• The anchor() method is rarely used in modern JavaScript programming because it directly mixes JavaScript with HTML markup, which is generally considered bad practice for code readability and maintainability.