Replacing links with var

Question

I am trying to replace a link with a var but the page being loaded is example.com/$NewLink instead of the value of the variable, I am sure this has been asked already but I could not seem to strum up the answer.

Current Code:

$('[href="Link"]').attr('href', '$NewLink');

Thanks

Answer 1

Remove the quotes around $NewLink

Answer 2

$NewLink is a variable, not a string. Remove the quotes:

$('[href="Link"]').attr('href', $NewLink);