What is the use of # in anchor tags?

[Philip Zac]

Hello all,

Could anyone explain what is the use of # in this

<a id="addEmailAddressLink"/ rel="nofollow">[+]Add Email Address</a>



Thanks alot.

Green Horn.

[David Newton]

You should disable HTML, otherwise your post doesn't make a lot of sense.

Some browsers require a value for the HREF, even if it will be handled via JavaScript, in order for styling to work properly (IE). The "#" is just an empty named anchor.

[Bear Bibeault]

Edited to disable HTML.

[Bear Bibeault]

The # is a trick to mean "this page". I frown upon its use.

[Philip Zac]

Thank you all for the help....

GreenHorn..