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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>copy</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE> 2002</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="copy"> 
   copy a graphics entity.
  </SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>copy(h) </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>copy(h,h_axes) </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>h_copy=copy(h) </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>h</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: a handle, the handle of the entity to copy.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>h_axes</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: a handle, the handle of the parent entity for the
  destination. It should be an axes entity.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>h_copy</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: a handle, the handle on the entity copied.</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P>
    This routine can be used to make a copy of a graphics entity with
    all its propeties'values, it returns the handle on this new
    entity.  
  <VERB>h_axes</VERB> omitted, graphics entity is cloned and it's 
  copied in the same parent axes entity.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <EXAMPLE>
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  </EXAMPLE>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>get</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>set</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>delete</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>move</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>graphics_entities</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
  <AUTHOR> Djalel ABDEMOUCHE</AUTHOR>
</MAN>
