gca

Return handle of current axes.

Calling Sequence

a = gca()

Arguments

:a handle, the handle of the current axes entity. :

Description

This routine returns the handle of the current axes for the current figure.

Examples

`subplot`_(211)
a=gca() //get the current axes
a.box="off";
t=-%pi:0.3:%pi;`plot3d`_(t,t,`sin`_(t)'*`cos`_(t),80,50,'X@Y@Z',[5,2,4]);
`subplot`_(212)
`plot2d`_(); //simple plot
a=gca() //get the current axes
a.box="off";
a.x_location="middle";
a.parent.background=4;
`delete`_(gca()) // delete the current axes
`xdel`_(0) //delete a graphics window

See Also

• gda Return handle of default axes.
• gcf Return handle of current graphic window.
• gce Get current entity handle.
• get Retrieve a property value from a graphics entity or an User Interface object.
• graphics_entities description of the graphics entities data structures