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HTML
<a href="#blah">do nothing</a>
JavaScript
$("a[href='#blah']").on("click", function() {
alert("One does not simply click a link.");
return false;
});
<a href="#blah">do nothing</a>
$("a[href='#blah']").on("click", function() {
alert("One does not simply click a link.");
return false;
});