Here is an example demonstrating that it does work

Range("A1").Value = 99
Range("A1").Name = "my_named_range"
MsgBox Range("my_named_range").Value


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thanks for the reply bob. but for some reason it is not working
exception thrown refers to this method
excel.worksheet.getrange(object cell1, object cell2)

I am passing the cell name as string to the range method

Bob Phillips wrote:

Which you didn't mention in your post.

It works, it must be your code somewhere.

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i tried it and it generated an exception citing problems with
"getrange" method

just wish to know is it possible to access a cell content by its name?

Bob Phillips wrote:

Did you try it? If you did you would answer your own question.

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Hello all,
just wish to know is it possible to read excel cells by their name
instead of cell reference.

i.e. instead of using xlsheet.range(A4).value, can i use
xlsheet.range("my_given_name").value
where A4 is named as my_given_name ?