Excel VBA: Range to String Array in 1 step

How about...

Public Function RangeToStringArray(theRange As Excel.Range) As String()

    ' Get values into a variant array
    Dim variantValues As Variant
    variantValues = theRange.Value

    ' Set up a string array for them
    Dim stringValues() As String
    ReDim stringValues(1 To UBound(variantValues, 1), 1 To UBound(variantValues, 2))

    ' Put them in there!
    Dim columnCounter As Long, rowCounter As Long
    For rowCounter = UBound(variantValues, 1) To 1 Step -1
       For columnCounter = UBound(variantValues, 2) To 1 Step -1
           stringValues(rowCounter, columnCounter) = CStr(variantValues(rowCounter, columnCounter))
       Next columnCounter
    Next rowCounter

    ' Return the string array
    RangeToStringArray = stringValues

End Function

You actually can go directly from a range to an array using the functions Split, Join and a delimiter not in the text.

Assuming you have already assigned a 1D range of values as SrcRange

Dim Array() As String: Array = Split(Join(Application.Transpose(SrcRange), "#"), "#")