Which is better for data analysis: MatLab or Visual Basic?

[elaineivin]

Hey there. I've this question in mind whether to pick between MatLab of Visual Basic to write my program for data analysis for Inertial Measurement Unit(IMU) in the ground system. May i know which is better and why? I learned c++ before only and currently trying to venture into the other two...thanks in advance:)

 

[eys_physics]

I have not worked with IMU data analysis. But I would say that Matlab is the best choice.
There are special toolboxes for data analysis and the support for matrices and operations on them is excellent. If you know C++ I would say that learning Matlab programming is rather easy.