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CSV Columns to Rows Converter

world's simplest csv tool

Free online CSV columns to rows converter. Just upload your CSV file in the form below, and this tool will automatically convert all columns to rows in your CSV. In the tool options, you can select the method for filling incomplete values and also exclude comments by specifying the character that starts comment lines in the CSV. Created by programmers from team Browserling.

᠎᠎᠎          Tool Options

CSV Comments

Lines starting with this symbol
are comments and are
automatically deleted.

Handle Incomplete CSV

Select a method to process an
incomplete CSV file.
If you selected the option
"Fill with Custom Values", then
enter a custom value here.

What is a CSV Columns to Rows Converter?

This tool converts columns of CSV (Comma Separated Values) data into rows. The program takes a CSV file as the input, automatically splits the data into individual columns, and reorganizes them from vertical arrangement into horizontal arrangement, making them rows. For example, if the input CSV has 5 columns and 10 rows, then the output CSV will have the opposite size, with 10 columns and 5 rows. Converting CSV columns to rows allows you to change the structure of your data, which creates new perspectives for more in-depth data analysis. The program handles everything automatically, with the only customizable option being the symbol indicating comments in the CSV file. Typically, comments start with a hash symbol "#comment" or two slashes "//comment". Specifying this symbol in the options will remove comments during the conversion process. Additionally, the tool automatically removes all empty rows without any information, giving you a clean dataset ready for further use. In cases where the input CSV has incomplete columns or rows (with a different number of values in records), you can choose how to handle such cases in the options. You can either place empty values in these positions or insert a custom value, which you specify in the options. Csv-abulous!


CSV Columns to Rows Converter Examples

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Convert CSV Columns to Rows

In this example, we transform the columns of a simple CSV file into rows. The input CSV file contains numerical and alphanumeric data organized into columns "a", "b", "c", and "d". The data consists of 4 columns and 3 rows. After the transformation, the values in the input columns change their positions. Now, the data has 3 columns and 4 rows, with the original headers "a", "b", "c", and "d" starting each horizontal row.

a,b,c,d 1,2,3,4 d,e,f,g
a,1,d b,2,e c,3,f d,4,g
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Lines starting with this symbol
are comments and are
automatically deleted.

Swap Columns with Rows in a CSV

This example restructures CSV data in such a way that columns become rows. The CSV file contains information about fruits, their colors, and dominant vitamins, organized in vertical comma-separated columns. After converting columns to rows, the first column with fruit names becomes the first row of the output data, the second column with color names becomes the second row of the output data, and the third column with a list of vitamins becomes the third row in the output CSV. The program also removes all empty lines from the CSV file and eliminates comments that begin with the hash symbol "#".

Fruit,Color,Vitamin #Pear Orange,Orange,C Strawberry,Red,C #Nectarine Mango,Yellow,A Kiwi,Green,C
Fruit,Orange,Strawberry,Mango,Kiwi Color,Orange,Red,Yellow,Green Vitamin,C,C,A,C
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Lines starting with this symbol
are comments and are
automatically deleted.

Transform Incomplete CSV Columns into Rows

In this example, we load a CSV file from our chemistry class with information about chemical elements. As we were copying the file, we accidentally forgot to copy the end of the file and it now contains incomplete data columns. Specifically, the "Symbol" and "State" columns lack values of the last element: "Carbon". To correctly transform columns into rows and mark places with missing values, we use the CSV data handling mode that fills the missing values with specific placeholder values. In this case, we enter the question mark "?" in the options and now, all missing values are question marks.

Element,Symbol,State Gold,Au,Solid Oxygen,O,Gas #Lithium Hydrogen,H,Gas Iron,Fe,Solid Carbon
Element,Gold,Oxygen,Hydrogen,Iron,Carbon Symbol,Au,O,H,Fe,? State,Solid,Gas,Gas,Solid,?
Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Lines starting with this symbol
are comments and are
automatically deleted.
Select a method to process an
incomplete CSV file.
If you selected the option
"Fill with Custom Values", then
enter a custom value here.

Pro tips Master online csv tools

You can pass input to this tool via ?input query argument and it will automatically compute output. Here's how to type it in your browser's address bar. Click to try!

https://onlinetools.com/csv/convert-csv-columns-to-rows?input=a%2Cb%2Cc%2Cd%0A1%2C2%2C3%2C4%0Ad%2Ce%2Cf%2Cg&comment-character=%2523

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