tag 401138 patch thank you here is a quite trivial patch to fix the problem: --- subplot.m.orig 2006-11-30 23:27:26.000000000 -0500 +++ subplot.m 2006-11-30 23:27:55.000000000 -0500 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (nargin==1) if(isscalar(m)) if(m<=999 & m>=111) - m=num2str(floor(m)) + m=num2str(floor(m)); endif endif