MATLAB: How to access a directory with spaces in its name in Microsoft Windows

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When issuing a CD command to a directory with spaces in it such as:

 c:\test lab

This error occurrs:

 ??? Error using ==> cd
 Too many input arguments.

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Here is an example of how to do this from within MATLAB.

To access the directory:

 c:\test lab\data set

This command can be used:

cd 'c:\test lab\data set'

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