## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} gca ()
## Return a handle to the current axis object.  If no axis object
## exists, create one and return its handle.  The handle may then be
## used to examine or set properties of the axes.  For example,
##
## @example
## @group
## ax = gca ();
## set (ax, "position", [0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5]);
## @end group
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## creates an empty axes object, then changes its location and size in
## the figure window.
## @seealso{get, set}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = gca ()

  if (nargin == 0)
    h = get (gcf (), "currentaxes");
    if (isempty (h))
      h = axes ();
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction
