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Axis.CategoryNames property (Excel)

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Returns or sets all the category names for the specified axis as a text array. When you set this property, you can set it to either an array or a Range object that contains the category names. Read/write Variant.

Syntax

expression.CategoryNames

expression A variable that represents an Axis object.

Remarks

This property applies only to category axes.

Example

This example sets the category names for Chart1 to the values in cells B1:B5 on Sheet1.

Set Charts("Chart1").Axes(xlCategory).CategoryNames = _ 
 Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B1:B5")

This example uses an array to set individual category names for Chart1.

Charts("Chart1").Axes(xlCategory).CategoryNames = _ 
 Array ("1985", "1986", "1987", "1988", "1989")

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