Script charset Property

Get the character set used in an external script file:

var x = document.getElementById("myScript").charset

Description

The charset property sets or returns the value of the charset attribute of a script.

The charset attribute specifies the character encoding used in an external script file.

The charset attribute is used when the character encoding in an external script file differs from the encoding in the HTML document.

Note: The charset attribute is only for external scripts (can only be used if the src attribute is present).

Property
charset	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the charset property:

scriptObject.charset

Set the charset property:

scriptObject.charset = charset

Value	Description
charset	Specifies the character encoding of an external script file. Some common values: "ISO-8859-1" - Standard encoding for the Latin alphabet "UTF-8" - Character encoding for Unicode. Compatible with ASCII Look at our Character-sets reference for a complete list of character sets.

Value

Description

charset

Specifies the character encoding of an external script file.

Some common values:

Look at our Character-sets reference for a complete list of character sets.

Return Value:	A String, representing the URL of the external script file. Returns the entire URL, including the protocol (like http://)