@charset Rule

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Sets the character set for an external style sheet.

Syntax

HTML	@charset sCharacterSet
Scripting	N/A

Possible Values

sCharacterSet

String that specifies the HTML Character Sets.

Remarks

The rule has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

You can use only one @charset rule in an external style sheet. The rule must appear at the top of the file, cannot be preceded by any characters, and cannot be included in an embedded style sheet.

Example

The following example implements the @charset rule.

@charset "Windows-1251";

Standards Information

This rule is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 (CSS2) .