Data Types
Numeric arrays, characters and strings, tables, structures, and cell arrays;
data type conversion
By default, MATLAB® stores all numeric variables as double-precision floating-point values. Additional data types store text, integer or single-precision values, or a combination of related data in a single variable. For more information, see Fundamental MATLAB Classes or watch Introducing MATLAB Fundamental Classes (Data Types).
Categories
- Numeric Types
Integer and floating-point data
- Characters and Strings
Text in character arrays and string arrays
- Dates and Time
Arrays of date and time values that can be displayed in different formats
- Categorical Arrays
Arrays of qualitative data with values from a finite set of discrete, nonnumeric data
- Tables
Arrays in tabular form whose named columns can have different types
- Timetables
Time-stamped data in tabular form
- Structures
Arrays with named fields that can contain data of varying types and sizes
- Cell Arrays
Arrays that can contain data of varying types and sizes
- Function Handles
Variables that allow you to invoke a function indirectly
- Dictionaries
Map data with keys that index values
- Time Series
Data vectors sampled over time
- Data Type Identification
Determine data type of a variable
- Data Type Conversion
Convert between numeric arrays, strings and character arrays, dates and times, cell arrays, structures, or tables
