The HTML DOM Script charset property is used to set or return the value of a charset attribute of an <script> element. The charset attribute is used to specify the character encoding used in an external script.
Syntax:
- It returns the charset property.
scriptObject.charset
- It is used to set the charset Property.
scriptObject.charset = charset
Property Values: It contains single value charset which specifies the character encoding used in an external script.
- “ISO-8859-1”: It is used to specify the standard encoding for the Latin alphabet.
- “UTF-8”: It is used to specify the character encoding for Unicode. Compatible with ASCII.
Return Value: It returns a string value that represents the character encoding of the script element.
Example: This example illustrates how to return the script charset property.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
DOM script charset Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 style = "color:green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< h3 >
DOM script charset property
</ h3 >
< script id = "myGeeks"
type = "text/javascript"
src = "my_script.js"
charset = "UTF-8" >
</ script >
< br >
< button onclick = "Geeks()" >Submit</ button >
< h2 id = "demo" ></ h2 >
< script >
function Geeks() {
let x = document.getElementById("myGeeks").charset;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Example 2: This example illustrates how to set the script charset property.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
DOM script charset Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 style = "color:green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< h3 >
DOM script charset property
</ h3 >
< script id = "myGeeks" type = "text/javascript"
src = "my_script.js" charset = "UTF-8" >
</ script >
< br >
< button onclick = "Geeks()" >Submit</ button >
< p id = "demo" ></ p >
< script >
function Geeks() {
let x = document.getElementById("myGeeks").charset
= "ISO-8859-1";
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML
= "The value of the charset Attribute"
+ " was changed to: " + x;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML DOM Script charset property are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Safari
- Opera