# normalizeColumns

> _Since v1.4.0_

Normalize an array of column shorthands to ColumnConfig objects.

```ts
normalizeColumns(columns: ColumnShorthand<TRow>[]): ColumnConfig<TRow>[]
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- |
| `columns` | <code><a href="/grid/angular/api/types/columnshorthand/">ColumnShorthand</a>&lt;TRow&gt;[]</code> | Array of column shorthands (strings or ColumnConfig objects) |

## Returns

`ColumnConfig<TRow>[]` - Array of ColumnConfig objects