Strip HTML from Text JavaScript

Question

Is there an easy way to take a string of html in JavaScript and strip out the html?

Answer 1

The accepted answer works fine mostly, however in IE if the html string is null you get the "null" (instead of ''). Fixed:

function strip(html)
{
   if (html == null) return "";
   var tmp = document.createElement("DIV");
   tmp.innerHTML = html;
   return tmp.textContent || tmp.innerText || "";
}