Variables that are mixed
More complicated data can be held in mixed type cell arrays:
% create cell array
my_tup = {'Martin',63,'Programmer'}
The elements can but accessed but you must use curly braces:
% access each one
my_name = my_tup{1};
my_age = my_tup{2};
years_ago = my_tup{2}-10;
This idea generalizes smoothly to more dimensions:
% create array of cell arrays
my_db{1} = {'Martin',63,'Programmer'};
my_db{2} = {'Freda',60,'Driver'};
my_db{3} = {'Suki',50,'Teacher'};
% access just one
my_db{3}{3}
But a more comfortable way to handle this, maybe, is with structure arrays:
% same as previous example but with structure arrays
per(1).name = 'Martin';
per(1).age = 63;
per(1).job = 'Programmer';
per(2).name = 'Freda';
per(2).age = 60;
per(2).job = 'Driver';
per(3).name = 'Suki';
per(3).age = 50;
per(3).job = 'Teacher';
per(3).job
Structure arrays use named fields and round brackets.