How to specify the character encoding used in an external script file in HTML5 ?
Last Updated :
17 Mar, 2021
To specify the character encoding used in an external script file in HTML5 we use <script> charset attribute. The charset attribute specifies the character encoding for the HTML document when used by the <meta> element. The charset attribute specifies the character encoding used in an external script file when used by the <script> element.
Syntax:
<meta charset="">
<script charset="">
Attribute Values: Below are the values which specifies the character encoding for the external scripts.
- ISO-8859-1: Used to specify the Standard encoding for the Latin alphabet.
- UTF-8: Used to specify the Character encoding for Unicode.
Example: Below example illustrates the use of charset attribute using meta tag.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< meta charset = "UTF-8" >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksForGeeks</ h1 >
< p >Write some code....</ p >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Meta Example
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