I'm Ignorant - When Can I Use a Variant and When Must I name a Range?

Shiseiji

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No formal schooling, 95% of what I know is from the kind people at Mr. Excel. So this may be someone one should learn in Excel 101, but I've missed it.

Why does this work:
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim LastCol As Integer
LastRow = Cells(Cells.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
LastCol = Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

But this does not work?
Dim rng_HeaderRow As Range
rng_HeaderRow = Range("A1", Cells(LastCol))

Range("A1", Cells(LastCol)).Name = "rng_HeaderRow"
Works but then I have to delete the name or make the named range a worksheet range
TIA

Ron
 

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Solution
Thank you. Begs the question why it isn't necessary to:
Set LastRow = Cells(Cells.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

Ron
 
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Because LastRow is a number (Long integer), not an object.
 
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