What does the keyword Set actually do in VBA?

Question

Hopefully an easy question, but I\'d quite like a technical answer to this!

What\'s the difference between:

i = 4

and

Answer 1

Set is an Keyword and it is used to assign a reference to an Object in VBA.

For E.g., *Below example shows how to use of Set in VBA.

Dim WS As Worksheet

Set WS = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")

WS.Name = "Amit"