Selecting Noncontinuous Ranges by Name in an Excel Macro

ID: Q49425

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 2.21, 3.0

SUMMARY

To select more than one range in a macro, the ranges can be named and then used in a SELECT statement, as in the following sample macro: 


   =ACTIVATE("Sheet2")
   =SELECT("area1,area2,area3")


The cells on Sheet2 have been defined as follows: 


   Cell Range    Defined As
   ----------    ----------

   A1 to C3      area1
   D5 to G7      area2
   A9 to G12     area3


The first cell in the first named range is the active cell. In the above example, it is A1.

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Version : WINDOWS:2.x,3.0,4.0,4.0a,5.0; :2.2,2.21,3.0
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Last Reviewed: January 4, 2000
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