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1man on 03/13/07


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Remove All childNodes

Published in: JavaScript 

This while loop will remove all childNodes from a selected element.

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  1. var holder = document.getElementById("whateverDiv");//the holder div
  2.  
  3. while(holder.hasChildNodes()){
  4. 	holder.removeChild(holder.lastChild);
  5. }

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