# prevent

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Cross-browser preventDefault

## Installation

```sh
$ npm install @segment/prevent-default
```

## Example

```js
anchor.onclick = require('prevent');
anchor.onclick = function(e){
  if (something) return require('prevent')(e);
};
```

## API

### prevent(e)

Prevent the given `e`, if the argument is omitted, the method will fallback to `window.event`.