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How to set charset="utf-8" in the javascript file itself

I am trying to set charset="utf-8" inside the javascript file itself, not in the script tag, I know that I can do this:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="xyz.js"></script>

But unfortunately, this solution needs me to do the same step with hundreds of websites which are using the same script. so I am trying to set the charset in the javascript file itself. Is this possible?

thanks

Solution

  • I found another way, so instead of declaring charset="UTF-8" for the script tag like this:

    <script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="xyz.js"></script>

    I can declare the charset for the web page itself using meta tag, so I can append <meta charset="UTF-8"> to the DOM dynamically, and end up with something like:

    <head>
...
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
...
</head>