Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_gridded.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_gridded.m	(revision 27909)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_gridded.m	(revision 27910)
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 if isAxis
 	myaxis = getfieldvalue(options,'axis');
-	xlim = [myaxis(1), myaxis(2)];
-	ylim = [myaxis(3), myaxis(4)];
+	if ~ischar(myaxis)
+		xlim = [myaxis(1), myaxis(2)];
+		ylim = [myaxis(3), myaxis(4)];
+	end
 end