copyfile function target folder name problem

I want copy a file to a targer folder but met a problem.

if the targer folder name is consecutive ('no space'), it works fine, but when a space is added to the folder name, it will report error, below is the test code:

test=rand(5,5);
save test test
newFolder='abc de';
mkdir(newFolder)
eval(['copyfile test.mat ',newFolder])

is there anyway to solve this problem

Thanks!

Yu

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

As a general rule , any time you use eval() you should assume that you will have bugs and that you should find aa different way to do what you want .

copyfile('test.mat', newfolder)

You should also consider saving there directly

save('abc de/test.mat', 'test')

[Yu Li]

Thank you Walter.