MATLAB: Does the EVAL function returns an error for expressions containing new line characters, in MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1)

Question

I am using the following code:

foo = sprintf('\n\n\n5') 
a = eval(foo)

and get the following error:

 ??? Error: Incomplete or misformed expression or statement.

Answer 1

Currently, EVAL does not have the functionality to assign outputs containing new line characters.

In order to workaround this issue, use EVAL with the following syntax:

foo = sprintf('\n\n\n5') 
a = eval('foo')