function val = isa(hndl,type)
%SCRIBEHANDLE/ISA

%   Copyright 1984-2000 The MathWorks, Inc. 
%   $Revision: 1.7 $  $Date: 2000/06/01 02:52:53 $
%   J.H. Roh & B.A. Jones 4-25-97.

if strcmpi(class(hndl), type)
   val = 1;
else
   val = builtin('isa',hndl,type);
end
