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characterSet

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Returns the character set of the current document.

Syntax

charSet = document.characterSet
 

Parameters

charSet is a string.

Example

<input    value="char"    type="button"    onclick="alert(document.characterSet);" /> // returns "ISO-8859-1"

Notes

For a complete list of character sets, see:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets.

Specification

DOM Level "0". Not part of specification.