Element lang Property - Javascript DOM

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Description

The lang property sets or gets the lang attribute of an element, which controls the language code of the element's content.

For example, "en" for English, "es" for Spanish, "fr" for France and so on.

Set the lang property with the following Values

Value Description
language_code Sets the language code for the element's content.

Return Value

A String, representing the language of the element's text

The following code shows how to Get the language code of a <p> element:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p id="myP" lang="en">Click the button.</p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {//from   w w  w.j  a  v  a  2 s . c o  m
    var x = document.getElementById("myP").lang;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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