Use a string to call commands in Octave

Question

Suppose I define

Octave:1>s = "hello";
Octave:2>mkdir s
Octave:3>cd s

This creates a directory named s (instead of hello), and changes to that directory. How to use hello instead?

Answer 1

mkdir(s)
cd(s)

Take a look at functional vs command syntax: https://octave.org/doc/v5.2.0/Commands.html