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Introduction to Python for MATLAB Users

Basic Data Types

Learn to identify and differentiate basic data types in Python and MATLAB such as numeric, string, and boolean. Understand memory usage variations and best practices for naming variables. This lesson helps you grasp key data structures to write efficient and clear code.

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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 1×11\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

Numeric data types

Numeric data types in MATLAB and Python ...