Question

I would like to parse the named anchor from the href of a link when it is clicked. How can this be done?

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.my-links').click(function(e){
        var href = this.href; // http://example.com#myNamedAnchor
        // now parse out just 'myNamedAnchor'
    });
});

Answer 1

You can get the anchor with this.hash. To strip out the #, use this.hash.substr(1).

$('.my-links').click(function(e){
    var hash = this.hash.substr(1); // myNamedAnchor
});

See the MDN docs.