Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Script type Property








The charset property, which can only be used for external scripts, sets or gets the charset attribute of a script.

The charset attribute from script element sets the character encoding used in an external script file.

The charset attribute is used when the character encoding in an external script file differs from the encoding in the HTML document.

Browser Support

charset Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes




Syntax

Return the charset property: 

scriptObject.charset

Set the charset property: 

scriptObject.charset=charset

Property Values

ValueDescription
charsetSet the character encoding of an external script file.
for example, "ISO-8859-1" or "UTF-8"

Return Value

A String type value represents the character encoding value.

Example

The following code shows how to get the character encoding value.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<script id="myScript" src="demo_.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {<!--from   w ww .java  2s  . c  o  m-->
    var x = document.getElementById("myScript").charset;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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