[ExcelVBA] Re: Naming a Range from a variable

 

I figured it out.

A range name cannot begin with a digit. "000001" as the contents of
strJobNbr fails. "_000001" works just fine.

Thx to all for your help.

Hafizullah
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--- In ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com, "Hafizullah" wrote:
>
> Using VBA, I want to assign a name to a range, using a variable set
from
> the contents of one of the cells in the range. Right now, the variable
> is a string.
>
> strJobNbr = Worksheets("Data").Range("JOB_NO").Text
> When I go to give my range a name from this variable
> Range("C4:R9").Name = strJobNbrit raises
> Run-time Error "1004" Application-defined or object-defined error
> When I use an arbitrary name embedded in quotes, it executes without a
> problem.
> What's going on here?
> ~Hafizullah
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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