Simulating a click in jQuery/JavaScript on a link

$("#theElement").click();

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<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
        $('#thickboxButton').click(function(){
                $('#thickboxId').click();
        });
});
</script>

<input id="thickboxButton" type="button" value="Click me">

<a id="thickboxId" href="myScript.php" class="thickbox" title="">Link</a>

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$("#your_item").trigger("click");

      <a href="somewhere" id="mylink">MyLink</a> 
        <script>jQuery('#mylink').click(function(){
            // do whatever I want here, then redirect
             window.location.href = "http://stackoverflow.com";
        });
        function doClick(){
            jQuery('#mylink').trigger('click'); 
        };
        // trigger the redirect now
        doClick();

        </script>

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