Empty a DOM element
Short snippet of JavaScript to empty an HTML DOM element without memory leak:
while(el.lastChild) delete el.removeChild(el.lastChild);Written by Maxime Thirouin
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looks similar to jQuery('something').empty().
search for empty: function in the source to see how they do it
over 1 year ago
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@zaus jQuery.fn.empty()use a private method now https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/5179fa00b839ebc70ec38fb0cf6cb8f8c412f37e/src/manipulation.js#L96
But it use the same while trick not so long ago.
over 1 year ago
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that's what i thought i was pointing to -- your ref is newer than latest, so it's a little different. i was only mentioning it as a comparison between your tip and how jQuery does it.
over 1 year ago
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