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The <script> tag (XHTML Reference)
Introduction
The <script> tag is used to define a block, which is
used for a scripting language. Script languages are mostly used to calculate or
to do something else with data. For example, you can ask the user for his name
print it out, but remember that this code should be in the script block. A
script block is usually placed in a <head> tag; but if you want you can
put it anywhere you like – even in a separate script file. Furthermore you can
include any amount of script tags, as you like.
Example
<SCRIPT language='javascript'>
function GetName()
{
var name =
prompt('Enter your name please','');
document.write('hello
');
document.write(name);
}
</script>
<title>Get Current Date</title>
</head>
<body onload="javascript:GetName();">
</body>
</html>
Output
After entering Sonu and pressing the OK button the following
screen appears.
Attributes
Name:
Description:
charset
Defines the character coding of the target url or writes a
page on charset.
defer
This is an empty attribute and forbids the script to
generate any document content.
event
The script will be run only when a specific event occurs.
for
Defines the ID of the element, which the script is valid
for.
language
Defines the scripting language.
src
Defines a URL or path of the file which contains the
script code.
type
Defines the mime type of the script. Can be one of the
following:
