How do I bind a click to an anchor without a framework (javascript)

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Published on 2010-06-03T13:03:21Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 13:14 UTC
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I know this is easily done in jQuery or any other framework, but that's not really the point. How do I go about 'properly' binding a click event in pure javascript? I know how to do it inline (I know this is terrible)

<a href="doc.html" onclick="myFunc(); return false">click here</a>

and this causes my javascript to execute for a JS enabled browser, and the link to behave normally for those without javascript?

Now, how do I do the same thing in a non-inline manner?

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