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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} axes ()
21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} axes (@var{property}, @var{value}, @dots{})
22 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} axes (@var{h})
23 ## Create an axes object and return a handle to it.
28 function h = axes (varargin)
30 if (nargin == 0 || nargin > 1)
31 ## Create an axes object.
32 idx = find (strcmpi (varargin(1:2:end), "parent"), 1, "first");
33 if (! isempty (idx) && length (varargin) >= 2*idx)
35 varargin([2*idx-1, 2*idx]) = [];
39 tmp = __go_axes__ (cf, varargin{:});
40 if (__is_handle_visible__ (tmp))
41 set (ancestor (cf, "figure"), "currentaxes", tmp);
44 ## arg is axes handle.
46 if (length(tmp) == 1 && ishandle (tmp)
47 && strcmp (get (tmp, "type"), "axes"))
48 if (__is_handle_visible__ (tmp))
49 parent = ancestor (tmp, "figure");
50 set (0, "currentfigure", parent);
51 set (parent, "currentaxes", tmp);
54 error ("axes: expecting argument to be a scalar axes handle");