Trigger OnClick in anchor tag

Question

How can i use trigger() in jquery to emulate onclick attribute of a anchor tag:

<a id="anc" href="#" onclick="someFunction()"> some text </a>

here if i use

$("anc").trigger('click');

its not working

Answer 1

you need to correctly reference the id "anc" in the jQuery selector with a #:

$("#anc").trigger('click');

Answer 2

you need to use # for id

$("#anc").click(function() {
    return false // this will kill the default behaviour and your page won't jump
});