MATLAB: Making a string and number matrix

Question

I am trying to make a matrix which has strings and numbers such as:

a b c d

1 3 4 5

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

where a,b,c,d represent a word of sentence with no numerical value, how can I do that?

Answer 1

With Cell Arrays, e.g.,

C={'a','b'; 3 , 4}