However, the results of the operation might be slightly different depending on the variable type. Matrices may contain numerical data or character data or both. Character data are sequences of up to eight characters which count as one element of the matrix. If you enter text of more than eight characters into the cells in a matrix, the text will be truncated.
Strings are pieces of text of unlimited length.
These are used to give information to the user. If you try to assign a string value to an element of the matrix, all but the first eight characters will be lost. The easiest way is to assign a value to one. There are two ways to do this - by assigning a constant value or by assigning the result of some operation. A list of constants separated by space will create a column vector.