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what is the difference between

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Answer 1

when writing inline on click functions, we assigning the code to be executed in the form of string on click of the element.

It is equivalent to eval('someFunction()'); we cannot write on click='someFunction' since it will be equivalent to eval('someFunction') which would do nothing. if you intend to bind a click handler to an anchor tag, dont forget to add a href='#' attribute to the anchor tag.

There is no difference between assigning a click handler to span or divs as compared to anchor tag.