Url.host (Property)

The hostname and port number of an HREF URL if there is one.

Availability:

JavaScript - 1.0
JScript - 1.0
Internet Explorer - 3.02
Netscape version - 2.0
Opera browser - 3.0
Property/method value type:String primitive
JavaScript syntax:-myUrl.host
-myUrl.host = aHost
HTML syntax:<A HREF="..."> <LINK HREF="...">
Argument list:aHostA new host name and optional port value

This property yields the hostname and colon delimited port number of the HREF value in an <A> tag if there is one and an empty string if not.

You can redefine the host by assigning a new value to this property.

Example code:

   <HTML>

   <HEAD>

   </HEAD>

   <BODY>

   <A NAME="EXAMPLE" HREF="http://www.mydomain.com:8080/folder/file.html#abcdef">Click here</A><BR>

   <SCRIPT>

   document.write(document.links[0].host);

   </SCRIPT>

   </BODY>

   </HTML>

See also:Anchor.hash, Anchor.host, URL, Url object, Url.href, Url.pathname, Url.port, Url.protocol, Url.search, Url.target