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