Problem 44322. Make one vector from two others

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James on 15 Sep 2017

*Checks help documentation for this command*
Ahhh...Introduced in 2015a. That would be why I'm unfamiliar with it. Always appreciate learning commands from the newer versions of MATLAB!

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