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# XML DOM inputEncoding property * * Document Object](#) * * * ## Definition and Usage The inputEncoding property returns the encoding used for the document (when parsing). ## Syntax documentObject.inputEncoding * * * ## Example The following code snippet uses [loadXMLDoc()](#) to load "[books.xml](#)" into xmlDoc and displays the XML encoding, standalone attribute, and the XML version of the document: ## Example xmlDoc=loadXMLDoc("books.xml"); document.write("XML encoding: " + xmlDoc.xmlEncoding); document.write("
"); document.write("XML standalone: " + xmlDoc.xmlStandalone); document.write("
"); document.write("XML version: " + xmlDoc.xmlVersion); document.write("
"); document.write("Encoding used when parsing: " + xmlDoc.inputEncoding); Output: XML encoding: UTF-8 XML standalone: false XML version: 1.0 Encoding used when parsing: UTF-8 [Try it »](#) * * Document Object](#)