Inside JavaScript

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Sets or gets the part of the href property that follows the hash mark (#), if any, as a string. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter for an example.

host

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The host property just joins the hostname and port properties, separated by a colon (like this, hostname : port ), as a string. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter.

hostname

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Sets or gets the host name part of the location or URL as a string. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter.

href

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Sets or gets the entire current URL as a string. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter.

pathname

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Sets or gets the filename or path specified by the object as a string. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter.

port

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Sets or gets the port number of an URL as a string. For example, in the URL http://www.starpowder.com:80/hello.html , the port is 80. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter.

protocol

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Sets or gets the protocol part of a URL, such as http:, ftp:, or file:, as a string. See "Using the location Object's Properties" in this chapter.

search

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Sets or gets the part of the href property following the question mark in that property, if there is one. This property is a string. For example, in the URL http://www.starpowder.com/inside.html? user =1 , this property will hold "user=1". If there is no question mark in the URL, this property will hold an empty string.