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<html><body><a id="myAnchor" href="https://w3schools.com/">Go to W3Schools.com</a><p>The preventDefault() method will prevent the link above from following the URL.</p><p>Click the link and check if the default action is prevented.</p><script>document.getElementById("myAnchor").addEventListener("click", function(event){ event.preventDefault() alert("Was preventDefault() called: " + event.defaultPrevented);});</script></body></html>