
The **`window.location.assign()` method** belongs to the `Location` object. It allows the window to load a document specified by the provided #key# URL: Uniform Resource Locator #key#. Once you have navigated from the current window to the new one, you can still go back to the former by pressing the *back* button.

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## Syntax
```
location.assign(url)

// OR
window.location.assign(url)
```

## Parameter
`url`: this is the #key# URL: Uniform Resource Locator #key# that will be navigated to.

## Code
### Example 1
* Let's use the `window.location.assign()` to navigate to `"https://educative.io/answers"`. 
* In the example below, we create a `navigate()` function that will call the `window.locaton.assign()`. 

* An `onclick` event listener is added to the button to call this function when it is clicked.

<html>
<body>
  <h3>window.location.assign()</h3>
  <button onclick="navigate()">Navigate</button>
  <script>
    function navigate(){
      // navigate to edpresso page of educative.io
      window.location.assign("https://educative.io/edpresso")
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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> Note: An incorrect URL will throw a `DOMException` error. 

### Example 2

* In the example below, we will use an invalid URL,
`"hps://educative.io/edpresso"`. 
* This will cause an error to occur and there will be no navigation.


<html>

<head>
</head>

<body>
  <h3>window.location.assign()</h3>
  <button onclick="navigate()">Navigate</button>
  <script>
    function navigate(){
      // will not navigate because URL is wrong
      window.location.assign("hps://educative.io/edpresso")
    }
  </script>
</body>

</html>

What is window.location.assign() in Javascript?

The window.location.assign() method redirects a window to a specified URL and allows back navigation.