When I tried this, I got the following error:
"Run-time error'1004':
Application-defined or object-defined error"

If I go to the worksheet, I can type =Serial * 2 without an error ...

Tim.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Use

tempVal = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("Serial").Value


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Bob Phillips

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"TJI" wrote in message
...
I have been trying to get some code working - the intent is to have the
program read through the column headers of a table and create a Worksheet
name to store the associated column name with the column number. This part
of
the code works. But when I try to use the Worksheet name in the VBA code,
I
keep getting a type mismatch.

'this assigns the Worksheet name of column 1 (happens to be "Serial") to
the
integer value of 1:
Worksheets("Sheet1").Names.Add Name:=Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1,
1).Value,
RefersTo:=1

'this trys to access the column number to use in a calculation:
tempVal = Worksheets("Sheet1").Names("Serial").Value

tempVal is shown in the Locals as a variant/string and is equal to "=1",
which cannot be used in calculations.

Is there a way to get tempVal to be an integer which I can use in
calculations?