Why am I getting these plot warnings?

I am trying to do some simple plotting, plot(diff), and I keep getting these warnings Warning: Error updating Button. Not enough input arguments. at least 50 times before stopping. What Button is it talking about and how do I turn off these warnings?

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Please show your code.
the cyclist
the cyclist on 31 Oct 2018
Edited: the cyclist on 31 Oct 2018
I would modify Walter's suggestion slightly, to recommend that you try to simplify your code down to the smallest version that exhibits the problem, and post that code.
In my experience, that process itself often exposes the bug.

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Ellen Braden
Ellen Braden on 31 Oct 2018
diff is a difference between two arrays, diff = posA(:,1) - posB(:,1). posA and posB are the same size. Then I plot diff, plot(diff). That's it.

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So your code just looks like loading some values into posA and posB, then
diff = posA(:,1) - posB(:,1);
plot(diff)
??
Note: it is not recommended to use diff as the name of a variable, as it is the name of a commonly used function.

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Even if I change it to posdiff = posA(:,1)-posB(:,1), plot(posdiff) I get the same warnings
I have the same issue with Matlab 2018b. Luckily I can confirm that my code on Matlab 2016b does not produce this problem.
This is true on both Mac and PC.
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I am still waiting to see code.
Try
restoredefaultpath;
rehash toolboxcache
Walter that's fantastic:
You were spot on -- once i saw default path -- I knew I had to check my old libraries. Turns out I have a convex optimization library that likes to run it's own nargchk.
Just removed from path and good to go.
Thanks and happy thanksgiving!
Worked for me too! Thanks
this, however, deletes the dependencies to installed libraries such as those installed for speedgoat.
You would add those in a few at a time until you encountered the problem again, to isolate which one is causing the problem. You would add them at the end of the path instead of at the beginning of the path.
If a library provides its own function with the same name as a MATLAB function, and it does not take care for compatibility, then you pretty much need to edit the library if you want to be to use the library with MATLAB without problems.
Thank-you Walter Roberson! I suddenly had the same problem. Something crept into my extensive paths. Now I have to reverse engineer and find the culprit in my paths.
Try
restoredefaultpath;
rehash toolboxcache

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Stijn Helsen
Stijn Helsen on 26 Aug 2019
I had the same problem, and the provided solution solved my problem.
Thank you!!

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