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HTMLAnchorElement: toString() method

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The HTMLAnchorElement.toString() stringifier method returns a string containing the whole URL, which is the same value as HTMLAnchorElement.href.

Syntax

toString()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string containing the element's complete URL.

Examples

Calling toString on an anchor element

// 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

Specification
HTML # dom-hyperlink-href-dev

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