Maybe: $("#container").children().not("#header, #content, #footer").empty();
--John On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Dirceu Barquette <dirceu.barque...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! > > Is there better way? > > var elem = $('#container')[0]; > var arr = ["header","content","footer"]; > jQuery.each(elem.childNodes,function(k,v) { > if (jQuery.inArray(v.id, arr) < 0) { > $(v).empty(); > } > }) > > thanks > > Dirceu Barquette >