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Use this tool to transpose arbitrary delimited text so rows become columns and columns become rows. It is useful for pipe-separated, semicolon-separated, colon-separated, and other custom flat-text formats.
Transpose Arbitrary Delimited Text helps clean, transform, or inspect text directly in the browser, which is useful for writing, editing, SEO, and content workflows.
It swaps rows and columns in flat text that uses a custom single-character delimiter.
Any single character such as ; | : or ,.
Missing values become empty cells in the transposed result.
Yes. It is the same core transpose action, just described more generally.
It is useful when a custom-delimited flat table needs to be flipped quickly.
Transpose Arbitrary Delimited Text helps clean, transform, or inspect text directly in the browser, which is useful for writing, editing, SEO, and content workflows.
Start by checking the input format, removing accidental spaces or unsupported characters, and comparing your input against the example pattern on the page.
Fix: Use a single-character delimiter such as ; | : or ,.
Fix: Check the original structure because shorter rows will produce empty values.
Fix: Make sure the source data really uses the delimiter you entered.
If you want to see realistic input and output patterns, open the examples page. If you want step-by-step usage guidance, open the guide page.
Open the main Transpose Arbitrary Delimited Text page to test your own input and generate a live result.