The HTML <script>charset Attribute is used to specifies the character encoding used in an external script.
Syntax:
<script charset="charset">
Note: HTML <script>charset Attribute is not supported by HTML5.
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.
html
<!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>
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Output :
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <script>Charset Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari