How to replace element's attr href with each ? // strip url

Question

im trying to change href with each method,

here is demo, inspect a, you'll see there is no change

html:

<a href="#/news">News</a>
<a href="#/news/detail">Detail</a>
<a href="#/sport">Sport</a>
<a href="#/sport/football">Football</a>

jQuery:

$('a').each(function() {
  $(this).attr('href').replace('#/',''); //tried to erase #/ from all hrefs
});

You can't chain replace to attr like that; just get the href as a variable with attr as a getter, do the replace, and then pump it back out again with attr as a setter. (or like elclanrs, I suppose you can just do the setter all in one!). — Greg Pettit, Jul 06 '12 at 20:24

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '12 at 20:25

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The code you posted will get the value as a string then properly replace the values but it immediately discards the result. You need to pass in the replaced value to attr. Try the following

$('a').each(function() {
  var value = $(this).attr('href');
  $(this).attr('href', value.replace('#/',''));
});

answered Jul 06 '12 at 20:25

JaredPar

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interestingly this is not running in to my plugin /: ill try again – Barlas Apaydin Jul 06 '12 at 20:36

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '12 at 20:24

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var href = $(this).attr('href');
$(this).attr('href', href.replace('#/',''));

answered Jul 06 '12 at 20:24

elclanrs

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 20 '14 at 22:17

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You can also check href value and make condition

<script type="text/javascript">
$('a').each(function() {
    var value = $(this).attr('href');
    if(value=='http://google.com')
    {
        $(this).attr('href', 'http://youtube.com');
    }
});
</script>

edited Aug 20 '14 at 22:17

Brad Larson

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answered Jul 10 '14 at 06:42

Shafiqul Islam

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How to replace element's attr href with each ? // strip url

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