How can i prevent from link to send me to the top of the page

How can i prevent from link to send me to the top of the page

i'm trying to prevent from:
<a href="#id">link</a>
to scroll the page to (0,0).
i have to use the "#" (i have to stay in the same page)
What is the most correct way to prevent the scrolling of the
page(Jqurey/Javascript/Html/Css)?