Is the . in .Range necessary when defined by .Cells?

Question

It is pretty much widely accepted that this is not \'best practise\'.

dim rng as range
with thisworkbook    \'<~~ possibly set an external workbook 
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Answer 1

No, the . is not required where the cell references inside the brackets are qualified, unless the code is in a Worksheet module. That said it is faster to run set rng = .range(.cells(...), .cells(...)) than it is to run set rng = range(.cells(...), .cells(...)) so including the . does some good.

For a Worksheet module, the . is required.