How to create a cell array of different data type?

I am trying to create a cell array of different data type to a single matrix

• Take the first eleven columns. Some columns have decimals and characters.
• Take all the rows of data and store them on one single matrix

I am proceding the following way,

 clc,clear all

 urlwrite('http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/realtime2/41053.txt','SJ.txt'); % URL from CARICOOS

 fid = fopen( 'SJ.txt', 'rt' );
DataCell = textscan(fid, '%d%d%d%d%d%d%f%f%s%s%s*[^\n]', 'HeaderLines', 2, 'CollectOutput', 1) ;

 fclose(fid);

 Data = cell2mat(DataCell);

MATLAB outputs this error,

 ??? Error using ==> cell2mat at 47
All contents of the input cell array must be of the same data type.

 Error in ==> SJ_F at 11
Data = cell2mat(DataCell);

This is the way I want it stored

 Data = 

Columns 1 through 10

    '2013'    '02'    '23'    '23'    '50'    '110'    '5.0'    '7.0'    'MM'    'MM'

Column 11

    'MM' % This is just one row of the data.

Could you please help?

Answer 1

[per isakson]

Documentation says:

    A = cell2mat(C) converts cell array C with contents of the **same** data type 
    into a single array, A.

Thus

    Data = cell2mat(DataCell);

is not possible in your case since DataCell contains both numeric and character data.

However, DataCell as returned by textscan is close as is

    cell_array_of_different_data_type = DataCell{1};