# Charset - `v::charset(mixed $charset)` Validates if a string is in a specific charset. ```php v::charset('ASCII')->validate('açúcar'); // false v::charset('ASCII')->validate('sugar'); //true v::charset(['ISO-8859-1', 'EUC-JP'])->validate('日本国'); // true ``` The array format is a logic OR, not AND. *** See also: * [Alnum](Alnum.md) * [Alpha](Alpha.md) * [PhpLabel](PhpLabel.md)