a small program help

I have three files: 1) file1.ap and 2) file2.ap and 3)file3.ap with form as follows:

file1

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

file2

12 15 16
13 18 19
14 21 22

file3

22
24
33

i want to add 2nd and 3rd column of file 1 & file2 to file3 as rows i.e i want:

22  2  3   5   6   8   9
24  15 16  18  19  21  22
33

please help me with the program.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

You can do that with a cell array (<http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#What_is_a_cell_array.3F>) or if you put something like nan in the "missing" columns of row 3. So fill out array 1 and 2 with nans, then stitch together

f_out = [f3, f1', f2'];