VBA excel Range into a variable?

Hello

Does anyone know how i can pass the range (location) of a cell into a variable eg row F5 into x. i have got this far but does not work, what is the correct syntax

x = xlap.ActiveCell.Range

thanks in advance

x = xlap.ActiveCell.Range
.address

i have tried the above but it does not work instead i recieve the error

run time error 450

wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment


do you think maybe my variable (x) needs to be something other than a string?

sorry i meant activecell.address