The TRANSPOSE function returns a vertical collection of cells as a horizontal array of cells, or vice versa.
TRANSPOSE(range-array)
range-array: The collection containing the values to be transposed. range-array can contain any value.
Notes
TRANSPOSE returns an array containing the transposed values. This array will contain a number of rows equal to the number of columns in the original collection and a number of columns equal to the number of rows in the original collection. The values in this array can be determined using the INDEX function.
Examples |
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Given the following table: |
A | B | C | D | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
2 | 11 | 96 | 29 | 11 | 23 |
3 | 37 | 56 | 23 | 1 | 12 |
The format of the INDEX function is =INDEX(range, row-index, column-index, area-index) =INDEX(TRANSPOSE($A$1:$E$3), 1, 1) returns 5, the value in row 1, column 1 of the transposed array (was row 1, column A, of the original collection). =INDEX(TRANSPOSE($A$1:$E$3), 1, 2) returns 11, the value in row 1, column 2 of the transposed array (was row 2, column A, of the original collection). =INDEX(TRANSPOSE($A$1:$E$3), 1, 3) returns 37, the value in row 1, column 3 of the transposed array (was row 3, column A, of the original collection). =INDEX(TRANSPOSE($A$1:$E$3), 2, 1) returns 15, the value in row 2, column 1 of the transposed array (was row 1, column B, of the original collection). =INDEX(TRANSPOSE($A$1:$E$3), 3, 2) returns 29, the value in row 3, column 2 of the transposed array (was row 2, column C, of the original collection). =INDEX(TRANSPOSE($A$1:$E$3), 4, 3) returns 1, the value in row 4, column 3 of the transposed array (was row 3, column D, of the original collection). |
For reference, the transposed table, as maintained in memory, would appear as follows. |
1 | 2 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 11 | 37 |
2 | 15 | 96 | 56 |
3 | 10 | 29 | 23 |
4 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
5 | 7 | 23 | 12 |