Why do I get an VBA Run-time error '424' Object Required Error from this code?

Question

In my excel sheet, I have a cell called su_callLog .

My VBA code is:

Private Sub su_callLogCopy_Click()
    CopyCell (Range("su_callLog")) 'Error Here
End Sub
Sub CopyCell(cell As Range)
    MsgBox cell.Value
End Sub

I'm trying to use the function to process the info in that cell. Even when i try to merely print the contents of the Range, I get the VBA Run-time error '424' Object Required error. I'm new to VBA. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.

NOTE: MsgBox (Range("su_callLog")) produces the expected results.

Answer 1

Remove the parentheses:

CopyCell Range("su_callLog") 

If you use parentheses, you are forcing that the arguments are taken ByVal . And the Range() is an object type, which is passed ByRef .

ByVal vs ByRef VBA

Answer 2

As @Vityata correctly pointed oute, you're forcing ByVal to be taken, while you need to be passing a reference to a range.

While that much is true and CopyCell Range("su_callLog") will produce the desired result, there is one more way to achieve this:

in which you implicity reference the Range correctly while in parentheses
so in other words, you (knowingly or unknowingly) pass the reference properly.

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 CopyCell (Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1"))

Not only you maintain your desired (although unnecessary) braces syntax, but it actually works. Additionally it's a good VBA coding practice to be using a specific Sheet every time you're working with a Range object

So to speak, you sort of kill two birds with one stone here