Example
Display the character encoding for this document:
var x = document.inputEncoding;
The result of x will be:
ISO-8859-1
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Definition and Usage
The inputEncoding property returns the character encoding for the document.
The inputEncoding property returns the character encoding at the time of parsing, and will return null if the document is created in memory.
Note: This property is read-only.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| inputEncoding | Yes | 9.0 | Yes | Yes | 15.0 |
Syntax
document.inputEncoding
Technical Details
| Return Value: | A String, representing the document's character encoding |
|---|---|
| DOM Version | Core Level 3 Document Object |