How do I set a link to a variable?

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I want to set a href attribute to a variable. For example, if I had a variable called "link" that is equal to "main.html". Then, the href attribute would be equal to the variable "link", and when it was clicked, the person would go to "main.html". Then, if the variable was something else, it would be equal to that something else, such as "secondary.html".

What I have tried:

I tried using id="variable name" and href="variable name" and href=variable name.

Posted 4-Dec-20 3:48am

AIDAN GREEN

Updated 4-Dec-20 6:40am

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BabyYoda · Answer 1 · 2020-12-04T04:16:00

Solution 1

You can do it through javascript:

JavaScript

var myLink = document.getElementById("yourLinkId"); 
myLink.href = "some_url"

or you can use the setAttribute method:

JavaScript

var myLink = document.getElementById("yourLinkId");
myLink.setAttribute("href", "some_url");

Posted 4-Dec-20 4:16am

BabyYoda

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AIDAN GREEN 4-Dec-20 10:19am

I get that some_url represents the url that I Want it to be, but what does yourLinkId mean?

BabyYoda 4-Dec-20 10:41am

the id of your anchor tag.

Somewhere you have something like < a id="myLink">Click to go to ...

W∴ Balboos, *GHB* · Answer 2 · 2020-12-04T06:40:00

I think your problem with this is more than just setting up that link.

Please go through this: HTML Tutorial[^]

and I strongly recommend this, as well JavaScript Tutorial[^]

I suggest this because your questions are of such an elementary nature that you seem to need a good solid (yet surprisingly quick and easy) walk through.