function clmo(object)

%CLMO  Deletes identified graphic objects
%
%  CLMO('str') deletes the object on the current axes specified
%  by the string 'str', where 'str' is any string recognized by HANDLEM.
%
%  CLMO displays a Graphical User Interface prompting for the
%  objects to be deleted from the current axes.
%
%  CLMO(h) deletes the objects specified by the input handles h.  This
%  is equivalent to DELETE(h)
%
%  See also HIDE, SHOWM, HANDLEM, NAMEM, TAGM

%  Copyright 1996-2000 Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. and The MathWorks, Inc.
% $Revision: 1.7 $
%  Written by:  E. Byrns, E. Brown


if nargin == 0;   object = 'taglist';   end

%  Handle scaleruler separately, because hidden elements aren't 
%  returned by HANDLEM

if all(ishandle(object));
	delete(object)
	return
end

switch object
case{'all','map'}
	scaleruler off
case 'scaleruler'
	scaleruler off
	return	
otherwise

	% special treatment for scalerulers, because of hidden elements
	if strmatch('scaleruler',object) % strip trailing numbers
		hndls = findall(gca,'tag',object);
		delete(hndls);
		return
	end
end

%  Get the appropriate object handles

[hndl,msg] = handlem(object);
if ~isempty(msg);  error(msg);  end

%  Delete the identified graphics objects

delete(hndl)
