# 1-Column matrix vs. Vector

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/1-column-matrix-vs-vector/71440>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 13, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/1-column-matrix-vs-vector/71440 "2021-11-13T22:28:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 18

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DNF](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dnf/32/10191_2.png) [@DNF](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/DNF)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/1-column-matrix-vs-vector/71440/18 "2021-11-14T09:46:09Z")

</div>

I’ve vented my frustrations with Matlab’s lack of a proper vector type several times. The post I link below is one of the posts.

In short, I use Matlab most of the time, and the fact that it does not make that distinction is one of the _worst_ qualities of Matlab. Having a proper vector type is a huge improvement, and that’s nothing to do with performance.

> [@Trouble Understanding Slicing](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/trouble-understanding-slicing/36821/7):
>
> I will leave the other questions aside, but I have to say that the absence of proper vectors in Matlab is a huge annoyance. It’s causing me endless trouble almost every time I use Matlab (which is at least 5 days a week.) You really should learn to appreciate it. The absence of vectors in Matlab means that in all code you have to make a decision and try to keep track of whether vectors are row or column vectors. Matlab pretends to be column-major, and functions like sum, prod, max, plot, etc. …

---

_[View the full topic](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/1-column-matrix-vs-vector/71440)._