No access to cell contents

Hi,

Version Matlab 2017a - I suddenly do not have access in the Variables tab, to cells contents when I double click on it. All it shows me is the size of the cell as plain text, with no link or access to the cell itself. When I double-click it, it shows:

val =

    {1×15 cell}    {1×15 cell}

Contents of matrices is shown as before, it's only cell arrays that are not displayed in the Variables tab. I will appreciate your help a lot!

Shlomit

[Walter Roberson]

Question: do you happen to be using Mac? There have been some reports about the variables tab acting up on OS-X.

[Shlomit Beker]

Thanks for replying - Yes, I am using Mac OS, Sierra 10.12.4. It was working as usual, until the variable tab stopped showing cell contents, with no apparent reason.

[Wilson A N]

As I understand for cell arrays containing elements with large size it does show only the size. We need to double-click on it again to access the individual cell elements.

I was not able to reproduce the issue. Can you share the exact code which led to this error?

[Shlomit Beker]

Thanks Wilson. This happens with any size of cell arrays. In the "Variables" tab, I'm able to see the sizes, but it appear as a text, without a link to the cells.

I'm sharing a code and screen shots.

Thank

Shlomit

example_cell = cell(1,3);
example_cell{1} = cell(1,2);
example_cell{2} = [1:10];
example_cell{3} = {'a';'b';'c'};

[Walter Roberson]

I am not able to replicate this issue on R2017a on Sierra. I have seen enough reports to be sure it is happening to some people, but it does not happen in my configuration.

As pure speculation, could I ask you to show the output of

getenv('LANG')
!printenv LANG; printenv LC_MESSAGES

[Shlomit Beker]

Yes, this is the output. ans =

    'C'
en_US.UTF-8

end

I want to add that other glitches occur in the interface with the "Variables" tab, for example , the cell arrays are not updated automatically with every change, and I have to close the tab and reopen to see the updated content.

Answer 1

[Wilson A N]

I couldn't reproduce the issue at my end.

However, I feel that restoring the default path may fix the issue. Can you try executing the following commands on the MATLAB command line and check if the issue remains.

>> restoredefaultpath
>> rehash toolboxcache
>> savepath

[Shlomit Beker]

THANKS so much!! Works like magic. Thanks for helping on this.