Remove all child elements of a DOM node in JavaScript

Question

How would I go about removing all of the child elements of a DOM node in JavaScript?

Say I have the following (ugly) HTML:

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Answer 1

Here's another approach:

function removeAllChildren(theParent){

    // Create the Range object
    var rangeObj = new Range();

    // Select all of theParent's children
    rangeObj.selectNodeContents(theParent);

    // Delete everything that is selected
    rangeObj.deleteContents();
}