HTML | <script> charset Attribute

Last Updated : 31 May, 2022

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 
      &lt;script&gt; Element
  </h2>
    <p id="Geeks"></p>
    <script charset="UTF-8">
        document.getElementById("Geeks").innerHTML =
            "Hello GeeksforGeeks!";
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>