Programming and Data Types

Structures and Cell Arrays

Structures are collections of different kinds of data organized by named fields. Cell arrays are a special class of MATLAB array whose elements consist of cells that themselves contain MATLAB arrays. Both structures and cell arrays provide a hierarchical storage mechanism for dissimilar kinds of data. They differ from each other primarily in the way they organize data. You access data in structures using named fields, while in cell arrays, data is accessed through matrix indexing operations.

Function Summary	Functions commonly used with structures and cell arrays
Structures	Creating, organizing, and working with structures
Cell Arrays	Creating, organizing, and working with cell arrays

Applying Functions to Multidimensional Structure Arrays Function Summary