The location.hash property sets or returns the anchor part of a URL, including the # sign.

<p><a id="my_link" href="https://www.1smartchicken.com/page.html#chapter6">JavaScript 2015 Array.from()</a><p>

<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output"></p>

Get the hash:

// variable
let my_anchor = document.getElementById('my_link');

// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_anchor.hash;

Set the hash:

// variable
location.hash = 'chapter6';

// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = location.hash;

#chapter6

Get the hash:

location.hash

Set the hash:

location.hash = anchorname

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