## Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} isfigure (@var{h})
## Return true if @var{h} is a graphics handle that contains a figure
## object and false otherwise.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function retval = isfigure (h)

  if (nargin == 1)
    retval = (ishandle (h) && strcmp (get (h, "type"), "figure"));
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction