setgridcell not working

Question

I tried to use grid() and setgridcell() to create subplots and control their positions, but setgridcell() function doesn't seem to work as it states.

For example, given the following code:

a = rand(100,1)
grid(3,2)
setgridcell(1,0)
plot(a)
setgridcell(2,1)
plot(a)

The two subplots are created at (0,0) and (0,1), instead of (1,0) and (2,1).

I also tried calling autoadvancegrid(False) but this does not disable auto advancing cells as it states.