How store a range from excel into a Range variable?

Question

I am reading some cells of excel using VBA.

Function getData(currentWorksheet as Worksheet, dataStartRow as Integer, _
dataEndRow as Integer, DataStartCol as Integer, dataEndCol as Integer)

    Dim dataTable as Range
    dataTable = currentWorksheet.Range(currentWorksheet.Cells(dataStartRow, _
    dataStartCol), currentWorksheet.Cells(dataEndRow, dataEndCol))

    getData = dataTable

EndFunction

It throws an error, object variable or with block variable not set. How take this range in a variable? Please guide me.

Answer 1

When you use a Range object, you cannot simply use the following syntax:

Dim myRange as Range
myRange = Range("A1")  

You must use the set keyword to assign Range objects:

Function getData(currentWorksheet As Worksheet, dataStartRow As Integer, dataEndRow As Integer, DataStartCol As Integer, dataEndCol As Integer)

    Dim dataTable As Range
    Set dataTable = currentWorksheet.Range(currentWorksheet.Cells(dataStartRow, DataStartCol), currentWorksheet.Cells(dataEndRow, dataEndCol))

    Set getData = dataTable

End Function

Sub main()
    Dim test As Range

    Set test = getData(ActiveSheet, 1, 3, 2, 5)
    test.select

End Sub

Note that every time a range is declared I use the Set keyword.

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You can also allow your getData function to return a Range object instead of a Variant although this is unrelated to the problem you are having.