How to change the href for a hyperlink using jQuery

Question

How can you change the href for a hyperlink using jQuery?

Answer 1

This snippet invokes when a link of class 'menu_link' is clicked, and shows the text and url of the link. The return false prevents the link from being followed.

Option 1
Option 2

$('.menu_link').live('click', function() {
   var thelink = $(this);
   alert ( thelink.html() );
   alert ( thelink.attr('href') );
   alert ( thelink.attr('rel') );

   return false;
});