jQuery - disable and enable an anchor tag based on condition

Question

On page load, I am checking to see if a person is registered. If he is then, I will enable a link otherwise disable the link.

I tried the following , but it doesnt work.

Answer 1

An alternative based on CSS would be

$('#addlink').css('pointer-events', 'none');

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