In HTML, I can clear a <div> element with this command:

div.innerHTML = ;

Is there an equivalent if I have an <svg> element? I can't find an innerHTML nor innerXML or even innerSVG method.

I know the SVG DOM is a superset of the XML DOM, so I know I can do something like this:

while (svg.lastChild) {

    svg.removeChild(svg.lastChild);

}

But this is both tedious and slow. Is there a faster or easier way to clear an SVG element?