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Location Object

Location Object

Location object contains information about the current URL.

Location object is part of the window object, it can be accessed by window.Location property.

NoteNote: There areno open standards Location is applied to the object, but all browsers support the object.


Location Object Properties

Attributes description
hash Returns the anchor part of the URL
host Returns the host name and port of a URL
hostname Return URL's hostname
href Returns the full URL
pathname URL pathname returned.
port Returns a URL port number used by the server
protocol Returns a URL protocol
search Returns the query portion of a URL

Location Object

method Explanation
assign () Loading a new document
reload () Reload the current document
replace () Replaces the current document with a new document