Comma Separator Tool - Convert Text Lists to CSV Format

CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is a plain text format for storing tabular data. Each line represents a row, and values are separated by commas. It's one of the most universal data formats because it's simple, human-readable, and compatible with nearly every software application including spreadsheets, databases, and programming languages.

Yes! The comma separator tool can intelligently detect common input formats including newlines, commas, semicolons, tabs, pipes, and spaces. However, if your data uses an unusual custom separator, you can manually specify it to ensure accurate conversion.

When items contain special characters, commas, or quotes, the tool can wrap them in double quotes to ensure proper CSV formatting. This prevents your data from being misinterpreted when imported into other applications. Enable the 'Add quotes around items' option for safe CSV export.

• Items with commas get wrapped in quotes: "Smith, John"
• Items with quotes get escaped properly
• Newlines within items are preserved
• Special characters are handled correctly

By default, empty lines are preserved in the output. However, you can enable 'Remove empty lines' to filter them out. The 'Trim whitespace' option removes leading and trailing spaces from each item, which is useful for cleaning up messy data.

This is especially helpful when dealing with data that might have extra spaces or blank entries from copy-pasting or data exports.

Yes! Enable the 'Remove duplicates' option to keep only unique items in your output. When this option is enabled, any items that appear multiple times will be reduced to a single entry, making your list cleaner and more organized.

Absolutely! The 'Sort alphabetically' option arranges your items in alphabetical order. This is useful for organizing lists of names, products, tags, or any data that benefits from being in sorted order.

Yes, complete privacy guaranteed! All processing happens directly in your browser using JavaScript. Your input data is never sent to our servers, never stored, and never shared. Your data remains completely under your control.

You can choose from several output separators:

• Comma (,) - Standard CSV format
• Semicolon (;) - European CSV format
• Tab - Tab-separated values (TSV)
• Pipe (|) - Pipe-separated values
• Space - Space-separated values
• Custom - Any separator you specify

Each format is compatible with different applications and regions, so you can choose what works best for your needs.