XL98: How to Create a Chart with Discontiguous Ranges

ID: Q193248

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

When you record a macro to create a chart using discontiguous ranges, the source address of cells used to create the chart is fixed by Microsoft Excel. This article contains a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that you can use to create a chart when the ranges containing the data to be used in your chart are discontiguous.

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Follow these steps to create the sample macro:

1. Enter the following information in Sheet1 in a new Workbook:

       C3:          D3:  Region 1   E3:  Region 2   F3:  Region 3
       C4:  Jan     D4:  10         E4:  80         F4:  15
       C5:  Feb     D5:  20         E5:  70         F5:  25
       C6:  Mar     D6:  30         E6:  60         F6:  35
       C7:  Apr     D7:  40         E7:  50         F7:  45

      C12:  Jan    D12:  10        E12:  80        F12:  15
      C13:  Feb    D13:  20        E13:  70        F13:  25
      C14:  Mar    D14:  30        E14:  60        F14:  35
      C15:  Apr    D15:  40        E15:  50        F15:  45

2. Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).

3. Click Module on the Insert menu.

4. Type the following code into the module sheet:

      Sub CreateChart()

         Dim range1 As Range, range2 As Range, ChartRange As Range

         ' Set variable to contents of the first region to be charted.
         Set range1 = Range("c4").CurrentRegion

         ' Set variable to contents of the second region to be charted.
         Set range2 = Range("c12").CurrentRegion

         ' Set variable to the entire region to be charted.
         Set ChartRange = Union(range1, range2)

         ' Add a new chart to the worksheet.
         Charts.Add

         With ActiveChart

            ' Set the type of chart.
            .ChartType = xlLineMarkers

            ' Set the source range for the chart.
            .SourceData Source:=ChartRange

            .Location Where:=XlLocationAsObject, Name:="Sheet1"
         End With
       End Sub

5. Run the macro.

A new chart wil be created on Sheet1.

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode xlvbahowto xlvbainfo 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999