JavaScript Tutorial/jQuery/empty
empty(): remove all event handlers and internally cached data.
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").click(function () {
$(this).empty();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<p>World</p>
<div>Replaced!</div>
</body>
</html>
Remove all child nodes
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").empty();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<body>
<p>Hello</p>
</body>
</html>