# Creating Column Matrix with Array Literals

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> [@dariush-bahrami](#):
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> I think this a little inconsistency in Julia syntax.

No, because 1d arrays are treated as column vectors in all of the Julia linear-algebra routines. (Because of this, it’s not clear why you need to create a 1-column matrix instead of a 1d array?)

You could use `reshape([1,2],2,1)`.

(It might also make sense to have a constructor `Matrix(x::Vector) = reshape(x, length(x), 1)`; currently there is no such constructor defined in Base.)

See also [this discussion](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/vector-vs-column-vector/34699) and [issue #17084](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17084).

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