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HTMLAreaElement: toString() method

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The HTMLAreaElement.toString() stringifier method returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a read-only version of href.

Syntax

toString()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string containing the element’s complete URL.

Examples

Calling toString on an area element

// An <area id="myArea" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.toString(); // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement'

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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