How to get the anchor from the URL using jQuery?

Question

I have a URL that is like: ``` www.example.com/task1/1.3.html#a_1 ``` How can I get the `a_1` anchor value using jQuery and store it as a variable?

Accepted Answer

You can use the `.indexOf()` and `.substring()`, like this:

```
var url = "www.aaa.com/task1/1.3.html#a_1";
var hash = url.substring(url.indexOf("#")+1);
```

You can give it a try here, if it may not have a `#` in it, do an `if(url.indexOf("#") != -1)` check like this:

```
var url = "www.aaa.com/task1/1.3.html#a_1", idx = url.indexOf("#");
var hash = idx != -1 ? url.substring(idx+1) : "";
```

If this is the current page URL, you can just use `window.location.hash` to get it, and replace the `#` if you wish.

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