Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/wrappers/matlab/io/FetchMatlabData.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/wrappers/matlab/io/FetchMatlabData.cpp	(revision 15513)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/wrappers/matlab/io/FetchMatlabData.cpp	(revision 15514)
@@ -269,5 +269,5 @@
 
 	/*Check that it is a vector*/
-	if(M!=1 && N!=1){
+	if(M*N>0 && (M!=1 && N!=1)){
 		_error_("input vector of size " << M << "x" << N << " should have only one column");
 	}