combine variables into a multi column text file

I'm new to Matlab and trying to combine 3 variables into one text file, with each variable making up a column. I've tried using fprintf, but haven't had any luck.

The variables are:

row =

   125
   421

col =

   651
   876

name =

   point_1
   point_2

I want a text file which shows 3 columns like this:

   651   125   point_1
   876   421   point_2

Has anyone got any ideas how I can do this easily?

I need to this within an existing matlab script, as the text file is then used by the script to do other processing.

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

use cell arrays:

row = [
   125
   421];
col =[
   651
   876];
name = {
   'point_1'
   'point_2'};

datacell = [num2cell([row,col]), name];

or

struct arrays:

datastruct = struct('row',row,'col',col,'name',name);

Answer 2

[Sarah]

Thanks, I've tried to use both formats and they work, but I haven't been able to write either of them to a text file. I've tried:

datacell = [num2cell([row,col]),name];
fid = fopen('points.txt','w');
fprintf(fid,'%d %d %s',datacell);

but this doesn't work and I can't work out why.