Error every time I create a new plot

Each time I execute a command such as:

>> clf; plot(H(:,3),H(:,2),'o');
>> clf; hist(H(:,3));
>> clf; surf(H);
>> clf; pie(G(:,2));

or

>> clf; scatter(H(:,3),H(:,2),'o')

etc..., I receive the error:

Undefined function 'ax_create' for input arguments of type 'matlab.graphics.axis.Axes'.

Error using newplot (line 73)
Error while evaluating Axes CreateFcn.

after which a normal-looking plot appears. This also happens the first time I use a plot command after booting MATLAB.

If I do not clear the figure first, the error does not appear.

I would appreciate any insight into what might be going wrong.

I am running on a Macintosh. This problem has persisted in at least MacOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14.

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

Try:

>>clf;plot([1:10])

[madhan ravi]

So you should probably contact Mathworks support team by click the Contact Us button on the top right corner of this page

Answer 2

[Mark Cohen]

This produces the same error:

>> clf;plot([1:10])
Undefined function 'ax_create' for input arguments of type 'matlab.graphics.axis.Axes'.

Error using newplot (line 73)
Error while evaluating Axes CreateFcn.