VBA Excel object required passing string array variable -

i attempting pass array of strings function variable , getting '424 object required' error when try compare values in array values in given cell. new vba may simple syntax error cannot seem figure out. here's code:

method being called:

sub initializecharts()     'set's array checking data names in social groups     dim socialarray variant     socialarray = array("chores", "meat & potatos", "work", "wind down", "reward")     '...     call chartlogic(range("'activitytracker'!b12"), range("'groups'!f4"), socialarray) end sub 

chartlogic method:

sub chartlogic(datacell range, tablecell range, socialarray variant)     dim temp double     dim count integer      '...     'loops through table , looks social cells same name, adding them chart     until isempty(datacell)         count = lbound(socialarray) ubound(socialarray)             if socialarray(count).value = datacell.value   '<---error here                 temp = socialcell.offset(count, 0).value                 socialcell.offset(count, 0).value = temp + datacell.offset(0, 4).value             end if         next         set datacell = datacell.offset(1, 0)     loop end sub 

thanks in advance!

as andrew pointed out - socialarray(count).value = cause error because it's variant. can store local variable this.

arrval = socialarray(count)

for count = lbound(socialarray) ubound(socialarray)     arrayval = socialarray(count)      if arrayval = datacell.value   '<---error here         temp = socialcell.offset(count, 0).value         socialcell.offset(count, 0).value = temp + datacell.offset(0, 4).value     end if next 

or take off .value it's not cell , not worksheet object variant.

if socialarray(count) = datacell.value