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Ayush mishra
117 Pointswhere should i add meta charset??
why meta charset is used ??
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
< meta charset= "utf-8">
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
2 Answers
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsHi Ayush,
You are very close with your meta code. Meta content always goes in the <head> of the document. Just delete some of the whitespace in there and that'll have it.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
Jorge Felico
26,800 PointsHi Ayush, Please read the page in the link below that tells you why the charset is used.