I am doing a game for use in lessons .
Kids have to type in a cell an item to buy i.e apple. the price is entered
in an adjacent cell from a vlookup table:

Range 1 Range 2
Apple 6
Pear 4
Cherries 2

Problem is when the cell has no entry it displays #N/A. I need it to be
blANK but can't find out how to suppress the error mark
Also is you enter a few letters instead of a word it returns a number value
from the table. How can I force to only respond to a word in the left column?
BTW the values in the left column are sorted alpha betically.
Or....have I chosen the wrong approach to the task!
Any help greatly appreciated