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I'm trying to retrieve the values of an array of cells in a worksheet (stored as an array rather than
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simple cells), but for some reason keep getting a Run-Time Error 13 Type Mismatch. I've read
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Dim SizeSelection() As Variant
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Dim SizeSelection() As Variant
SizeSelection = Array(Workbooks("Wheels.xlsx").Worksheets("Test").Range("B1:W1")) Linked

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but still get the same error. Other than the 2 common mistakes mentioned above, does anyone
to an Array of Variants
have any idea why i would be getting a type mismatch? I've tried removing the array and storing
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Oh, I should mention that the data I'm trying to retrieve is in another workbook (though that should
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3 This is a good read and in fact answers your question. – L42 Aug 11 '14 at 6:26 0 Type Mismatch assigning worksheets to
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1 Hi, you might be interested in the link I posted in the OP's question. That in fact answers his and your
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Thanks for the quick responses! For some reason declaring the variable without parentheses didn't work,
but declaring a range variable and setting SizeSelection equal to that did the trick. @L42 thanks for the Getting buy-in for clean code and refactoring
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@MikeG It's pretty simple. You just need to explicitly instruct excel what you're passing to an array of
variant variable especially if what you're passing could be one of two things. – L42 Aug 12 '14 at 4:26 more hot questions

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