When one should use Set [e.g for SpecialCells return value]?

Question

I am afraid I misunderstand the documentation of VBA for excel, I have this line which seems to be an error:

Range a = Selection.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConst         


        

Answer 1

Do not know it this matters, but Value is not default property of Range. Default property of Range is _Default.

It is defined like this _Default([in, optional] VARIANT RowIndex, [in, optional] VARIANT ColumnIndex) and it represents the array of values of particular range.

Sub test()

    Dim rng As Range
    Set rng = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:C3")

    ' all cells in range rng become value of 1
    rng.Value = 1

    ' all cells in range rng become now value of 2
    rng.[_Default] = 2

    ' first cell in range rng become value of 3
    rng.[_Default](1, 1) = 3

    ' nothing changes
    rng.Value()(1, 1) = 4

    Dim a1, a2
    ' however both Value and _Default return same array of variants
    a1 = rng.Value
    a2 = rng.[_Default]

End Sub