How do I clear the text contents of a div in javascript?

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Published on 2010-06-14T17:16:08Z Indexed on 2010/06/14 17:22 UTC
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I'm temporarily adding contents to a div,tempDiv, and adding that to a link which is appended to a div, #contentHere, that's displayed. I need to clear the contents of tempDiv so that the links aren't appended to each other, creating a string of urls that don't link to anywhere.

$(document).ready(function(){
 $.getJSON("data.php", function(data){
   for(i = 0; i < 5; i++){
  $("#tempDiv").append(data.justIn[i].dataLink+ '  ');
      $("#contentHere").append("<a href=\"#tempDiv\">Click to go to the div link</a>");
      //I need to clear the contents of tempDiv here
}  
 });
});

Solutions to clearing the temporary contents of the div as I go?

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