When programming in Python, you may need to ask users for input, ... MATLAB's cell arrays allow you to enter mixed data types into a single data store. Getty.

How NumPy speeds array math in Python. A big part of NumPy’s speed comes from using machine-native datatypes, instead of Python’s object types.

Arrays in Python give you a huge amount of flexibility for storing, organizing, and accessing data. This is crucial, not least because of Python’s popularity for use in data science.