JavaScript assign()

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As far as I've tested, these two methods work, but I don't know which one is the best, or the differences between them, and that's what I'd like to know.

Here are the two methods:

window.location = 'http://www.google.com';
window.location.assign = 'http://www.google.com';

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

The difference is this:

window.location ='' /window.location.replace(''), replaces the current document in the browser and browser history

window.location.assign('') assigns a new document to the browser and history.

Effectively "replace" does not support returning to the previous view in history (potentially useful in some applications). "Assign" allows access to history.

Difference between window.location.assign() and window.location.replace()

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '11 at 11:39

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.assign() is actually a function.

The first is probably the most common.

answered Feb 23 '11 at 11:39

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '11 at 11:50

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These two methods are equivalent. The first one is clearer to me. The syntax for assign would actually be:

window.location.assign('http://www.google.com');

answered Feb 23 '11 at 11:50

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They appear to have the same behaviour and there is one clear difference-- access to history. – augurone Aug 06 '14 at 17:52

JavaScript assign()

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