Is there an easy way to clear an SVG element's contents?

Question

In HTML, I can clear a

element with this command:

div.innerHTML = \"\";

Is there an equivalent if I have an

Answer 1

element = document.getElementById("elementID");
element.parentNode.removeChild(element);

I got the idea from http://www.carto.net/svg/manipulating_svg_with_dom_ecmascript/