Making a string and number matrix

I am trying to make a matrix which has strings and numbers such as:

a b c d

1 3 4 5

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

where a,b,c,d represent a word of sentence with no numerical value, how can I do that?

[jgg]

Do you have a specific purpose for this matrix? For instance, like a table or some data? Because there are specific datatypes which might be useful.

Table:

 a = [1 5 9]';
 b = [3 6 10]';
 c = [4 7 8]';
 d = [5 8 12]';
 T = table(a,b,c,d);

This is convenient since you can call it by name:

 T.a

to get th variables and there are a variety of other useful methods (see the documenation).

Alternatively, the most flexible way to just use a cell:

 C = cell(4,1)
 C{1} = {'a','b','c','d'};
 C{2} = [1 3 4 5];
 C{3} = [5 6 7 8];
 C{4} = [9 10 11 12];

Answer 1

[Matt J]

With Cell Arrays, e.g.,

C={'a','b'; 3 , 4}