ByRef v ByVal

tiredofit

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Office Version
  1. 365
  2. 2019
Platform
  1. Windows
Can someone please explain why this fails, with the message: Compile error: ByRef argument type mismatch

Code:
Option Explicit
Sub Main()
Dim MyFruits() As Variant
MyFruits= Array("Apples", "Oranges")
Dim MyFruitsCount As Variant
For Each MyFruitsCount In MyFruits
    Call Sec(MyName:=MyFruitsCount)
Next MyFruitsCount
End Sub

Sub Sec(MyName As String)

End Sub

Instead, if I changed it to

Code:
Sub Sec(ByVal MyName As String)

it works.

Is it because I am originally passing through a variant, though it's expecting a string?

Thanks

(BTW: what is parse v pass)?
 
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