converting two cells into one

I have two cells :

a = 4

    8

b=

the

be

How do I make them one cell . ? ie.

c=

the 4

be 8

Thank you.

Answer 1

[Vieniava]

Consider following code:

a={'4'; '8'};
b={'the' ; 'be'};
spaces={' ' ; ' '};
c=strcat(b,spaces,a)

EDIT:

calternative=[b a];

[vish]

I need the data in separate columns in the cell. Thanks