.. _dojox/data/dom/removeChildren:


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dojox.data.dom.removeChildren
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:Status: Draft
:Version: 1.0
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This function removes all the child nodes from the supplied parent node.


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Introduction
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On occasion we want to remove all the children from a given node in a DOM object.  This function takes the parent node and removes all such children.  The count of the children removed is returned.


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Usage
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.. code-block :: javascript

  var foo:Integer = dojox.data.dom.removeChildren(node:Element);