HTML | <script> charset Attribute

The HTML <script>charset Attribute is used to specifies the character encoding used in an external script.

Syntax:

<script charset="charset">

Attribute Values: It contains the value charset which specifies the character encoding for the external scripts.

“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.

Example: This Example illustrates the use of charset Attribute in script Element.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      script tag 
  </title> 
    <style> 
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1> 
      GeeksforGeeks 
  </h1> 
    <h2> 
      HTML charset Attribute in  
      <script> Element 
  </h2> 
    <p id="Geeks"></p> 
    <script charset="UTF-8"> 
        document.getElementById("Geeks").innerHTML = 
            "Hello GeeksforGeeks!"; 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output :

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <script>Charset Attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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