counting number of textbox or patches in a matlab figure

Is there a programmable method to count the number of patches or textboxes there are in a given figure, and then put the number in an array?

Answer 1

[Jan]

% All text boxes:
List1  = findall(HandleOfFigure, 'Type', 'uicontrol', 'Style', 'text')
Count1 = numel(List1)

% All patches:
List2  = findall(HandleOfFigure, 'Type', 'patch')
Count2 = numel(List2)

[gummiyummi]

I get the following error:

"Undefined function or variable 'HandleOfFigure'