Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("a").click(function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<a href="http://w3schools.com/">Go to W3Schools.com</a>
<p>The preventDefault() method will prevent the link above from following the URL.</p>

</body>
</html>

Result:

W3Schools.com - Try it yourself

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