VBA: How to combine two ranges on different sheets into one, to loop through
The Union function cannot span multiple worksheets (as any range object is contained by a single Worksheet object). If you want to process multiple ranges on different sheets in one loop you need to think about a different strategy, e.g.
Sub test()
Dim AllAreas(2) As Range, Idx As Integer, MyCell As Range, TargetRange As Range
Set AllAreas(0) = Worksheets("Sheet1").[C4]
Set AllAreas(1) = Worksheets("Sheet2").[D5]
Set AllAreas(2) = Worksheets("Sheet3").[E6]
Set TargetRange = Worksheets("Sheet4").[A1]
For Idx = 0 To 2
For Each MyCell In AllAreas(Idx).Cells
MyCell = "co-cooo!"
' combine in targetrange - each cell of any source range is put at same position
' in sheet 4 ... mind the precedence ... highest sheet highest prio
TargetRange(MyCell.Row, MyCell.Column) = MyCell
Next MyCell
Next Idx
End Sub
You can find the overlay of all ranges by the minimum and maximum .Row
and .Column
of all ranges within the array of ranges, so if you have a complex set of rules to aggregate parially overlapping ranges, start with finding min and max corners, run through all cells of the target range and ask: is there a value in area 0, 1, 2, ... and if so, then decide which one takes precedence.
To make things even more elegant you can build ...
Type RngDef
Rng As Range
MinCol As Integer
MaxCol As Integer
MinRow As Integer
MaxRow As Integer
End Type
Sub test2()
Dim AllAreas(2) As RngDef, Idx As Integer, MyCell As Range, TargetRange As Range
Set AllAreas(0).Rng = Worksheets("Sheet1").[C4]
Set AllAreas(1).Rng = Worksheets("Sheet2").[D5]
Set AllAreas(2).Rng = Worksheets("Sheet3").[E6]
For Idx = 0 To 2
AllAreas(Idx).MinCol = AllAreas(Idx).Rng(1, 1).Column
AllAreas(Idx).MinRow = AllAreas(Idx).Rng(1, 1).Row
AllAreas(Idx).MaxCol = AllAreas(Idx).MinCol + AllAreas(Idx).Rng.Columns.Count - 1
AllAreas(Idx).MaxRow = AllAreas(Idx).MinRow + AllAreas(Idx).Rng.Rows.Count - 1
Next Idx
Set TargetRange = Worksheets("Sheet4").[A1]
End Sub
Now you have all ranges and their boundaries at hand ...