XL98: How to Create a Chart with Discontiguous Ranges

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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.