Assigning Ranges
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There are several ways to assign an existing Range object to a variable. This topic explains the results of two different techniques. In the following examples, the
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and
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variables refer to Range objects. For example, the following instructions assign the first and second words in the active document to the
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and
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variables.
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Setting a Range object variable equal to another Range object variable
This following instruction assigns a range variable named
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to represent to the same location as
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.
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You now have two variables that represent to the same range. When you manipulate the start or endpoint or the text of
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, it affects
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and vice versa.
Note that the following instruction is the same as
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. This instruction assigns the default property of
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, which is the Text property, to the default property of
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. It doesn't change what the objects actually refer to.
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The ranges (
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and
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) have the same contents, but they may point to different locations in the document or even different documents.
Using the Duplicate property
The following instruction creates a new duplicated Range object,
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, which has the same start and endpoints and text as
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.
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If you change the start or endpoint of
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, it doesn't affect
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and vice versa. Because these two ranges point to the same location in the document, changing the text in one range affects the text in the other range.