XL2000: How to Create a Chart with Non-Contiguous Ranges (213351)

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1. Type the following data in Sheet1 of 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 ALT+F11).
3. On the Insert menu, click Module.
4. Type or paste the following code into the module sheet:

   Sub CreateChart()
   
       Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate    ' Activate the worksheet.
   
       Range("C4").Select   ' The upper left corner of the chart
                            ' data.
   
       ' Select the current range of data. This line of code assumes
       ' that the current region of cells is contiguous, without empty
       ' rows or columns.
       Selection.CurrentRegion.Select
   
       Selection.Name = "Firstname"  ' Define a name to the first range.
   
       ' Repeat same steps for next contiguous range of cells.
       Range("C12").Select
       Selection.CurrentRegion.Select
       Selection.Name = "Secondname"
   
       Range("Firstname, Secondname").Select   ' Select both ranges of
                                               ' cells.
       myrange = Selection.Address
       mysheetname = ActiveSheet.Name
   
       'Add a chart to the active sheet
       ActiveSheet.ChartObjects.Add(125.25, 60, 301.5, 155.25).Select
   
       ' Or, to create a chart on a separate chart sheet, substitute the
       ' next line for one above.
   
       ' Charts.Add
   
       Application.CutCopyMode = False
   
       ' This line can best be written by recording a macro, and
       ' modifying the code generated by Microsoft Excel.
   
       ActiveChart.ChartWizard _
           Source:= Sheets(mysheetname).Range(myrange), _
           Gallery:=xlLine, Format:=4, PlotBy:=xlColumns, _
           CategoryLabels:=1, SeriesLabels:=1, HasLegend:=1, _
           Title:="", CategoryTitle:="", ValueTitle:="", ExtraTitle:=""
   
   End Sub

5. Run the CreateChart macro. A chart is created on Sheet1 of the workbook, using all of the data on Sheet1.