Excel EXPAND function (365)

Description

The Excel EXPAND function expands or pads an array to a specified number of rows and columns dimensions based on the given rows and columns arguments.

Formula syntax

Arguments

Returns

The EXPAND function returns an expanded array.

Errors

• If the number of rows or columns argument is less than the number of rows or columns of the array, the EXPAND function returns #VALUE! error value.
• If the array is too large, EXPAND function returns #NUM! error value.

Remarks

• If rows argument is not provided or empty, the default value is the number of rows of the array.
• If columns argument is not provided or empty, the default value is the number of columns of the array.
• If the pad_with value is a text, you need to use the text rounded with double quotations in the formula, like “text”, if the pad_with value is a numeric value, directly use it.

Versions

The EXPAND function is only available in Windows: 2203 (build 15104) and Mac:16.60 (220304).

Usage and Examples

To expand the array in range A1:C5 to 5 rows and 4 columns, please select a cell and use the formula as this:/p>

=EXPAND(A1:C5,5,4)

Press Enter key.

If you want to expand the array and pad with a specified text such as “blank”, please use the formula as this:

=EXPAND(A1:C5,5,4,"blank")

Other Functions:

• Excel CHOOSECOLS Function
  The Excel CHOOSECOLS function returns specified columns in an array or a range.

• Excel CHOOSEROWS/span> Function
  The COLUMN function returns the number of column which formula appears or returns the column number of given reference

• Excel DROP Function
  The Excel DROP function returns the specific rows or columns from an array based on the given number, which is usually used to get the contents of a table except for the header and footer.

• Excel LOOKUP Function
  LOOKUP function finds certain value in a one column or one row range, and return the corresponding value from another (one row or one column) range.

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