How to convert vector / single row or column to matrix in Excel?

How could you convert a single row or column to a range of matrix in Excel? Copy and paste them one by one will waste a lot of time, in this article, I will talk about some quick tricks for you to solve this job.

Convert vector / single row or column to matrix with formulas

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You can apply the following formulas to convert a row or a column to matrix, please do as follows:

Convert a single column to matrix:

Supposing, I have a column of values C1:C20, and now, I want to convert this column to a matrix with four rows and five columns (4×5), please do as follows:

1. Enter this formula into a blank cell, F1 for example: =OFFSET($C$1:$C$20,COLUMN()-COLUMN($F$1)+((ROW()-ROW($F$1))*(ROWS($C$1:$C$20)/4)),0,1,1),and then press Enter key to get the first value, see screenshot:

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Note: In the above formula:

$C$1:$C$20: is the column data that you want to convert to matrix;

$F$1: indicates the cell where you want to put the first result of matrix;

ROWS($C$1:$C$20)/4: the number 4 is the number of rows that you want in the resulting matrix. If you want to matrix with two rows, you just need to change the 4 to 2.

You can change the above cell references to your need.

2. Then drag the fill handle down to 4 rows, and then go on dragging it to right 5 columns, and you will get the following result:

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Convert a single row to matrix:

To convert a single row to a matrix with five rows and four columns (5×4), please use the following formula:

Enter this formula into a blank cell, E4, for example: =OFFSET($A$1:$T$1,0,COLUMN()-COLUMN($E$4)+(ROW()-ROW($E$4))*(COLUMNS($A$1:$T$1)/5),1,1), then drag the fill handle down to five rows and then drag it to right four columns to get a matrix with five rows and four columns as following screenshot shown:

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Note: In the above formula:

$A$1:$T$1: is the row data that you want to convert to matrix;

$E$4: indicates the cell where you want to put the first result of the matrix;

COLUMNS($A$1:$T$1)/5: the number 5 is the number of rows that you want in the resulting matrix. If you want to matrix with two rows, you just need to change the 5 to 2.

You can change the above cell references to your need.

If there are blank cells in the original column or row, they will be displayed as 0 in the matrix.

The above formulas may be somewhat difficult for most of Excel beginner, here, I can introduce you a handy tool- Kutools for Excel, with its Transform Range utility, you can quickly convert a single row or column to a range and vice versa.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do with following steps:( Free Download Kutools for Excel Now )

1. Select the column or row data that you want to convert.

2. Then click Kutools > Range > Transform Range, see screenshot:

3. In the Transform Range dialog box:

(1.) To convert single row to a matrix, please select Single row to range from the Transform type, to convert single column to matrix, select Single column to range;

(2.) Specify the number of columns that you want to convert in the Fixed value box under Rows per record, if you type 5, you will get a matrix with 5 columns.

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4. Then click Ok button, a prompt box will pop out to remind you select a cell to output the result, see screenshot:

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5. And then click OK, the single column has been converted to a matrix you need, see screenshot:

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