S = {[1,4,7],[1,4],[4,5,7],[3,5,6],[2,3,6,7],[2,7]}
Cell arrays are the simplest container class in MATLAB, they can store arrays of other classes, of any size. Note that there are two different ways to index a cell array, so read the documentation carefully:
- {} curly braces access the cell contents.
- () parentheses access the cells themselves.
MATLAB does not have lists, so forget all about them. MATLAB has arrays of several different classes:
Note that each of your [...] forms one numeric array. It is very important to note that in MATLAB [] is a concatenation operator (and a few other things):
MATLAB does not have a "list" class!