Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/solver.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/solver.m	(revision 11388)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/solver.m	(revision 11389)
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@
 		 %}}}
 		 function checkconsistency(obj,md,solution,analyses) % {{{
-
+			 for i=1:size(obj.options,1),
+				 if ~ischar(obj.options{i,1}),
+					 checkmessage('solver is not well formatted: Analyses are not strings');
+				 end
+			 end
 		 end % }}}
 		 function PetscFile(solver,filename) % {{{