Basic Data Types

MATLAB and Python are both dynamically typed languages, meaning that the data type of a variable is determined at runtime based on the value assigned to it. In contrast, statically typed languages like C++ or JavaScript require the programmer to explicitly specify the data type of a variable when it is declared.

In MATLAB, almost all variables are matrices, even if they are not necessarily multidimensional arrays. Scalar variables, which are variables containing a single value, are also considered matrices in MATLAB because they are $1\times1$ matrixes (arrays with a single row and a single column).

We categorize basic data types as:

• Numeric data types

• String data types

• Boolean data types