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Returns the specified columns from an array.
Syntax
=CHOOSECOLS(array,col_num1,[col_num2],…)
The CHOOSECOLS function syntax has the following arguments:
- array The array containing the columns to be returned in the new array. Required.
- col_num1 The first column to be returned. Required.
- col_num2 Additional columns to be returned. Optional.
Errors
Excel returns a #VALUE error if the absolute value of any of the col_num arguments is zero or exceeds the number of columns in the array.
Examples
Copy the example data in the following table and paste it in cell A1 of a new Excel worksheet. If you need to, you can adjust the column widths to see all the data.
Example 1
Returns an array of columns 1, 3, 5, and 1 again from the array in the range A2:E7.
| Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Formulas | ||||
| =CHOOSECOLS(A2:E7,1,3,5,1) |
Example 2
Returns an array of the last two columns from the array in the range A2:D7 in the order of column three and then column four.
| Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 |
| 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 |
| 7 | 8 | 19 | 20 |
| 9 | 10 | 21 | 22 |
| 11 | 12 | 23 | 24 |
| Formulas | |||
| =CHOOSECOLS(A2:D7,3,4) |
Example 3
Returns an array of the last two columns from the array in the range A2:D7 in the order of column four and then column three.
| Data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 |
| 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 |
| 7 | 8 | 19 | 20 |
| 9 | 10 | 21 | 22 |
| 11 | 12 | 23 | 24 |
| Formulas | |||
| =CHOOSECOLS(A2:D7,-1,-2) |