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The location.hash property sets or returns the anchor part of a URL, including the # sign.

				
					<p><a id="my_link" href="https://www.1smartchicken.com/page.html#chapter6">JavaScript 2015 Array.from()</a><p>

<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output"></p>
				
			

Getting the Hash

				
					// variable
let my_anchor = document.getElementById('my_link');

// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_anchor.hash;
				
			

Setting the Hash

				
					// variable
location.hash = 'chapter6';

// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = location.hash;
				
			

Output

				
					#chapter6
				
			

Syntax

Getting the Hash

				
					location.hash
				
			

Setting the Hash

				
					location.hash = anchorname
				
			

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