How to use words in a matrix?

I'm trying to create a matrix with products on column 1 and price on column 2. When I try to use words in column one it gives me errors. How can I use words in a matrix to accomplish this?

Answer 1

[Geoff Hayes]

Taylor - if you are mixing numbers with strings, then create a cell array which will allow you to have elements of different types. For example,

 myData = {'Product 1', 10; 'Product 2', 20};