STRJOIN pop-up error when using CLEAR command

Hi all,

I receive this error for no reasons. It just pop-up especially when I use command CLEAR. Is there any bug. Appreciate your assistance as this is very annoying.

Cheers K.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

What do you see when you use

which -all clear

You should expect something similar to

built-in (/Applications/MATLAB_R2014a.app/toolbox/matlab/general/clear)
clear is a Java method                                                   % java.util.ArrayList method
clear is a Java method                                                   % java.util.AbstractList method
clear is a Java method                                                   % java.util.AbstractCollection method
clear is a Java method                                                   % java.util.Collection method
clear is a Java method                                                   % java.util.List method

You should consider using the debugger:

dbstop if caught error

and then asking to clear. When the error is triggered from within strjoin, use

dbstack

to see the sequence of calls. You will probably find that you have a routine of your own named the same thing as one of the MATLAB routines.