store strings and numbers into an array

hello everybody,

i'am still a beginner in MATLAB and need your help.

if i have a list of Person names and their ages. e.g. Peter: 28; Fabian: 21; Mary: 32.

how to create an array in MATLAB including these informations and how to access them on the base of the name or age.

I appreciate every help.

thank you

Answer 1

[Rik]

I would suggest create a struct array:

data=struct('Name',{'Peter','Fabian','Mary'});
[data.Age]=deal(28,21,32);%just to show a different syntax

L=ismember({data.Name},'Peter');
data(L).Age

ans = 28

[Youssef Darwich]

thank you this was very helpful :)

Answer 2

[Chunru]

% You can use structure array
PersonInfo(1) = struct("Name", "Peter", "Age", 28);
PersonInfo(2) = struct("Name", "Fabian", "Age", 21);
PersonInfo(3) = struct("Name", "Mary", "Age", 32);
PersonInfo(1)

ans = struct with fields:
    Name: "Peter"
     Age: 28

[Youssef Darwich]

thank you that helped me too :)