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How to convert column list to comma separated list in Excel?

If you want to convert a column list of data to a list separated by comma or other separators, and output the result into a cell as shown as below, you can get it done by CONCATENATE function or running a VBA in Excel.

Convert column list to comma separated list with CONCATENATE function

Convert column list to comma separated list with VBA

Convert column list to comma separated list with Kutools for Excel

Reverse concatenate and convert one cell (a comma serrated list) to a row/column list in Excel

Quickly convert a column list to a comma separated list with Kutools for Excel

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arrow blue right bubble Convert column list to comma separated list with CONCATENATE function

In Excel, CONCATENATE function can convert the column list to a list in a cell separated by commas. Please do as follow:

1. Select a blank cell adjacent to the list's first data, for instance, the cell C1, and type this formula =CONCATENATE(TRANSPOSE(A1:A7)&",") (A1:A7 is the column you will convert to comma serrated list, "," indicates the separator you want to separate the list). See screenshot below:

2. Highlight the TRANSPOSE(A1:A7)&"," in the formula, and press the F9 key.

3. Remove curly braces {and } from the formula, and press the Enter key.

Now, you can see all values in the column list been converted a list in a cell and separated by comma. See screenshot above.

arrow blue right bubble Convert column list to comma separated list with VBA

If the CONCATENATE function is a little tedious for you, you can use a VBA to quickly convert the column list to a list in a cell.

1. Hold ALT button and press F11 on the keyboard to open a Microsoft Visual Basic for Application window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and copy the VBA into the module.

VBA: Convert column list to comma separated list

Sub ChangeRange()
'Updateby20140310
Dim rng As Range
Dim InputRng As Range, OutRng As Range
xTitleId = "KutoolsforExcel"
Set InputRng = Application.Selection
Set InputRng = Application.InputBox("Range :", xTitleId, InputRng.Address, Type:=8)
Set OutRng = Application.InputBox("Out put to (single cell):", xTitleId, Type:=8)
outStr = ""
For Each rng In InputRng
    If outStr = "" Then
        outStr = rng.Value
    Else
        outStr = outStr & "," & rng.Value
    End If
Next
OutRng.Value = outStr
End Sub

3. Click Run button or press F5 to run the VBA.

4. A dialog displayed on the screen, and you can select the column list you want to convert. See screenshot:

5. Click OK, then another dialog popped up for you to select a cell. See screenshot:

6. Click OK, and all values in the column list have been converted to a list separated by comma in a cell.

Tip: In the above VBA, "," indicates the separator you need, and you can change it as you need.

arrow blue right bubble Convert column list to comma separated list with Kutools for Excel

You can also apply Kutools for Excel’s Combine utility to combine a column list, and separate each value with comma easily.

1. Select the column list that you will convert to a comma separated list, and click Kutools > Combine.

2. In the opening Combine Columns or Rows dialog box, you need to:

(1) Check the Combine rows option in the To combine selected cells according to following options section;

(2) In the Specify a separator section, check the Other separator option, and type comma , into following box;

3. Click the Ok button.

Now you will see all values in the specified column list are combined into one cell and converted to a comma separated list.

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Reverse concatenate and convert one cell (a comma serrated list) to a row/column list in Excel

Normally Excel users can apply the Text to Columns feature to split one cell to multiple columns, but there is no directly method to convert one cell to multiple rows. However, Kutools for Excel’s Split Cells utility can help you easily get it done as below screenshot shown. Full Feature Free Trial 30-day!

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    Ashlee · 2 years ago
    I need to get my numbers to look like this ('1234567', '1234567') instead of ("1234567", "1234567") - any ideas!?
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      Mike Ranginson · 1 years ago
      =SUBSTITUTE(value,CHAR(34),CHAR(39))
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      Tang Kelly · 2 years ago
      Hi,
      There are no double quotas or quotas in the conversation results with any one of methods in this article.
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    Joe sagar · 3 years ago
    Absolutely magic!Thanks!
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    AliciaB · 4 years ago
    Used This one: "Convert column list to comma separated list with VBA", worked perfect for converting rows (1000+) of email addresses into a combined list that my email client works well with. Just changed the "," to "; " and it was good to go. Thanks!
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    Mayank Bhargava · 4 years ago
    Hi All,

    So for a few columns this formula is great, but if you were trying to figure this out on more cloumns more than 100. putting "&" is a waste of time.

    For me i needed sepration through "," (comma).

    for that, all you need to do is to separate the file in CSV, Open it on a Notepad, Copy and paste in in Word, then Copy again from Word and paste it on Excel.

    Hope you like to the suggested,

    Have a great day.

    Thank you,

    Mayank Bhargava
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    JohnRIII · 4 years ago
    The VBA helped out so much! I am experiencing an issue if you try to close the pop up box or cancel it, it will show that the vba needs debugged. This also happens if the value is blank. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks!
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    John · 4 years ago
    The VBA helped out so much! I am experiencing an issue if you try to close the pop up box or cancel it, it will show that the vba needs debugged. This also happens if the value is blank. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks!
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    Shalini · 4 years ago
    Very useful macro ..
    Clear explanation.
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    Reema Joseph · 4 years ago
    really helpful post. thank you.
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    TonyPorter · 4 years ago
    You can also paste the column into this online in-browser utility convert.town/column-to-comma-separated-list
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      MoMo · 4 years ago
      [quote name="TonyPorter"]You can also paste the column into this online in-browser utility convert.town/column-to-comma-separated-list[/quote]
      This works like a charm. Thank you very much for sharing it with us. I had 3865 values and Excel weren't showing me all the values in the last line. Perhaps it's a limitation of the Excel.
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    John · 4 years ago
    Very Helpful! how would you add a input box to change the comma separator?
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    Kap2 · 4 years ago
    Excellent - just what I was hoping to find. Made one of my job much easier. I believe it will handle up to 48 rows at a time so I had to 'chunk' my 350 lines down. Can you say why it will not take more than 48?

    Thanks again!
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    KiLian · 4 years ago
    Thanks, now i can easy convert column list to comma separated list with no space
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    Nichole · 4 years ago
    What causes the output to be this {4.6602853777055E+199} instead of {466028,537770,550024,etc}. It doesn't happen all of the time but it's happening now and driving me nuts. Any suggestions / fixes?
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      Jon654654684658 · 4 years ago
      # Nichole 2015-02-02 20:12
      What causes the output to be this {4.660285377705 5E+199} instead of {466028,537770, 550024,etc}. It doesn't happen all of the time but it's happening now and driving me nuts. Any suggestions / fixes?

      Hi Nichole,

      Looks like you have concatanated without a delimiter - i.e. missed out an &"," in whichever method you are using.

      Jon
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        Axel · 6 months ago
        I have the same problem. Even though I use the same VBL script for all numerical series, the output is sometimes as described above. Since I use the same script in all cases, I do not think that I missed out something.
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    sonu · 4 years ago
    Thanks for sharing the code, it was very useful.
    THANKS...!!!!
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    Roshni · 5 years ago
    This is what I am looking for. Thank you so much. Great work. :)
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    Robmez · 5 years ago
    Exactly what i was looking for.
    Thanks a lot for this elegant VBA-code.
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    Logesh · 5 years ago
    Thanks for the wonderful information. It worked :)
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    Nichole · 5 years ago
    Concatenate works perfectly fine for a small lists but this VBA code worked a charm and saved me tons of time. =) Thank you!
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    Josin · 5 years ago
    The above trick is very useful. Very good job
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