String is not a function on window location href [duplicate]

Question

Consider:

$('.b').click(function(){     var link = 'www.yahoo.com';     window.location.href(link); }); 

I expect it to open www.yahoo.com, but it says "string is not a function". Why?

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/V9Xat/

Answer 1

Try-

window.location.href = link; 

or

window.location.assign(link); 

JSFiddle

Check out the syntax of window.location here.

Answer 2

Try using:

window.location.href = link; 

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