thanks norman, but method range of object failed @ this line :-
Rng = Range("_17548")
plus I want Rng to contain a cell value (cell a1 - which will be one of the
other cell names - say _17548, or 17549 etc, depending on conditions)

sorry

"Norman Jones" wrote:

Hi John,

Try:

Dim Rng As Range

Rng = Range( "_17548")

Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A1").Value = Rng.Value

Note that if you use a range variable, an expression like:

range("variable_name").

will cause an error: the variable, e.g. Rng, refers to a range, so the use
of :

range

is incorrect.


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Regards,
Norman


"john foster" wrote in message
...
I have a column of cells named/labelled in series thus: _17548, _17549
and
so on.

I have a cell on another sheet whose value will be, depending on whatever
conditions, one of these values.

I need to paste the value of the correspondingly named cell on the first
sheet to another cell on the second.

I am having major difficulty doing this, I try to assign the value of the
source cell as a variable and then paste the contents of the cell with
that
name to the target cell, but it just won't accept the "name" of the cell
as a
range type variable. It will accept it as a string, but i can't seem to
get
it to accept a string variable in a line such as :-
range("variable_name").select

HELP
I hope i've made this clear for you all,
is there a way around this?
Thanks in advance
John Foster