## Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 John W. Eaton
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} clf ()
## Clear the current figure.
## @seealso{close, delete}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function clf ()

  if (nargin == 0)
    cf = gcf ();
    set (cf, "currentaxes", []);
    for k = get (cf, "children")
      if (ishandle (k))
        delete (k);
      endif
    endfor
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction