VLookup match insert in Excel

Question

I am new to this website; if I make any mistakes, please accept my apologies.

I am in need of some help regarding a search and replace method in Excel.

My goal is to select a range of random values from a column (eg column D) and see if there is a corresponding match for that value in the unique column (eg column A). If this value is in column A, I would like to insert that value in the same row as the corresponding value column A but into another column (eg column E).

I have tired various different functions such as IF , VLOOKUP , and MATCH but have had no luck so far.

Can someone please show me how can this be done or if its even possible to do?

Thank you!

Answer 1

In cell E1, put this formula:

=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A1, D:D, 1, 0), "")

This looks for A1 in column D and if there is a match, put that matched value in the cell E1.

EDIT: I put the IFERROR() so that blanks are returned when there is no match.