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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<a id="myAnchor" href="../index.html">Go to W3Schools.com</a>
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<p>The preventDefault() method will prevent the link above from following the URL.</p>
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<script>
document.getElementById("myAnchor").addEventListener("click", function(event){
  event.preventDefault()
});
</script>
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</body>
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</html>
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