## Copyright (C) 2005-2011 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} closereq ()
## Close the current figure and delete all graphics objects associated
## with it.
## @seealso{close, delete}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function closereq ()

  if (nargin == 0)
    cf = gcbf ();
    if (isempty (cf))
      warning ("closereq: calling closereq from octave prompt is not supported, use `close' instead");
      cf = get (0, "currentfigure");
    endif
    if (! isempty (cf) && isfigure (cf))
      delete (cf);
    endif
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction