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Default VB Function - trying to learn

I often code cells to check for error - something like
=IF(ISERROR(VBLOOKUP(parms........)),"",VBLOOKUP(p arms.........))
but I'd like to try to write a function like "CheckIt" which I could invoke
as
=CheckIt(VBLOOKUP(parms .........)

Checkit should allow any type of value as input - since the VBLOOKUP can
return text or numeric or anything. It should see if the value is an error
and if it is return a blank string, otherwise return the value of the
vlookup. A couple of questions:

1 ) Can this be done ?
2) Will the function call evaluate the Vlookup before passing the result to
the function ?
3) Can the function accept arguments of any type - that is text or numeric
or whatever?

Any hints or suggestions are appreciated.