how to stop click event in jquery code example

Example 1: jquery preventdefault

$("a").click(function(event){
  event.preventDefault();
});

Example 2: event .stoppropagation

event.stopPropagation();

Example 3: jquery prevent event bubbling

$('myclass').bind('amodaldestroy'), function(event) {
    ....does something....
    event.stopPropagation();
});