Anchors and their syntax

An anchor is a piece of text or some other object (for example an image icon) which marks the beginning and/or the end of a hypertext link. The <A> element is used to mark that piece of text, and to give its hypertextual relationship to other documents. The text between the opening and closing tags,

<A attribute> ...text... </A>

can be the start or destination (or both) of a link. Here are some simple examples:

<A HREF="http://www.edu/st/file.html">bla bla</A>
The string `bla bla' is a hypertext link to the document `file.html' located at the indicated URL.
<A NAME="frxx">textbla</A>
The string `textbla' can be the target of a link. This link is referenced via the form "file.html#frxx" where 'file.html' is the file that contains this anchor and `#frxx' is the anchor NAME. If you are already in `file.html' the file is implicit, so it can be left out.
HREF (link to object) and NAME (link from object) are called anchor attributes.

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