How do I play a .wav upon having someone click a link

Question

I have a .wav that I want to play when a person clicks on a link. How do I go about doing that? I'm not exactly an expert at html or css or javascript so be gentle with me

Answer 1

Reference

Playing audio with Javascript?

Example

Two Links

<a href='#' class="playButton">Play</a>
<a href='#' class="stopButton">Stop</a>

jQuery click Events

$(document).ready(function(){
    var audio;
    $("a.playButton").click(function(){
        console.log("playing");
        audio = new Audio('http://download.wavetlan.com/SVV/Media/HTTP/WAV/Media-   Convert/Media-Convert_test1_Alaw_Mono_VBR_8SS_16000Hz.wav');
        audio.play();
    });

    $("a.stopButton").click(function(){
        console.log("Pause");

        audio.pause();
    });

});

Now this probably isn't the most accurate way to do this but it gives you an idea of how this works. If you want to use the built in audio tag you can do that too cause that will give you the controls and other helpful things.

JSFIDDLE

https://jsfiddle.net/pzth1zd5/