Graphics

Deleting Objects

You can remove a graphics object with the delete command, using the object's handle as an argument. For example, you can delete the current axes (and all of its descendants) with the statement

• delete(gca)
  

You can use findobj to get the handle of a particular object you want to delete. For example, to find the handle of the dotted line in this multiline plot,

use findobj to locate the object whose LineStyle property is ':'

• line_handle = findobj('LineStyle',':');
  

then use this handle with the delete command.

• delete(line_handle)
  

You can combine these two statements, substituting the findobj statement for the handle.

• delete(findobj('LineStyle',':'))
  

Copying Objects

Controlling Graphics Output

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