Fetch language declaration into JavaScript variable

Question

So I've got a an HTML5 website setup and I've been programming a for of language toggle

The site always starts like this...

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 7]><html lang="fr" class="no-js ie7"><![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8]><html lang="fr" class="no-js ie8"><![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 8]><!-->
<html lang="fr" class="no-js">

I'm building a language detection script and I'm trying to cache

<html lang="fr" class="no-js">

Or more specifically the "fr" and "en" into a variable upon the activation of my script...

How would I go about fetching the language declaration into a variable?

Edited your title. JScript was the MS implementation of JavaScript. — Michael Berkowski
– Michael Berkowski, Commented Nov 27, 2012 at 21:50

Bergi · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-27 21:58:42Z

2

var lang = document.documentElement.getAttribute("lang");

or just

var lang = document.documentElement.lang;

edited Nov 27, 2012 at 21:58

answered Nov 27, 2012 at 21:51

Bergi

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