table
is a data type suitable for column-oriented
or tabular data that is often stored as columns in a text file or
in a spreadsheet. Tables consist of rows and column-oriented variables.
Each variable in a table can have a different data type and a different
size with the one restriction that each variable must have the same
number of rows. For more information, see Create and Work with Tables or
watch Tables
and Categorical Arrays.
Use tables to store mixed-type data conveniently, access data with numeric or named indexing, and to store metadata.
This example shows how to create a table from workspace variables, work with table data, and write tables to files for later use.
Indexing into tables with parentheses, curly braces, and dot notation has different results. You can use indexing to create a table that is a subset of a larger table or to create an array from data in a table.
This example shows how to perform calculation on tables.
Changes to DimensionNames Property in R2016b
Tables can raise compatibility warnings, and change dimension names, when you modify the DimensionNames property.