Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 23772)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 23773)
@@ -96,18 +96,7 @@
 		end
 	else
-		if isnan(fieldsize(1)),
-			if (size(field,2)~=fieldsize(2)),
-				md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
-					['field ''' fieldname ''' should have ' num2str(fieldsize(2)) ' columns']));
-			end
-		elseif isnan(fieldsize(2)),
-			if (size(field,1)~=fieldsize(1)),
-				md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
-					['field ''' fieldname ''' should have ' num2str(fieldsize(1)) ' lines']));
-			end
-		else
-			if ((size(field,1)~=fieldsize(1)) |  (size(field,2)~=fieldsize(2)))
-				md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
-					['field ''' fieldname ''' size should be ' num2str(fieldsize(1)) ' x ' num2str(fieldsize(2))]));
+		for i=1:numel(fieldsize)
+			if ~isnan(fieldsize(i)) & (size(field,i)~=fieldsize(i))
+				md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',['field ''' fieldname ''' dimension # ' num2str(i) ' should be of size ' num2str(fieldsize(2))]));
 			end
 		end