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JavaScript Treehouse Club: JavaScript Car Sounds Linking an External Style Sheet

Ioana Sauluc
Ioana Sauluc
3,251 Points
Posted by Ioana Sauluc
Ioana Sauluc
3,251 Points

href and ahref.

Please can you help me clarify the difference between href and a href. What is the meaning of <a> </a>.

2 Answers

Daniel Landon Jr
Daniel Landon Jr
14,733 Points

<a></a> Are anchor tags. They are used in HTML to create a link, or anchor, to another part of the HTML file or to another HTML page altogether.

href (hypertext reference) is what the <a> tag uses to determine what it links to.

<a href='#'>Top Of Page</a> ... will take you to the top of the html page

<a href='http://www.google.com'>Google</a> ... will take you to googles website.

have a look at this <a> for further information

Ioana Sauluc
Ioana Sauluc
3,251 Points
Ioana Sauluc
Ioana Sauluc
3,251 Points

Thank you very much Daniel.