Is vlookup the correct command for what I am trying to do

I have a set of data that has 3 column of data
I would like vlookup or some function that returns the value of the first column when it finds the item I am referencing in the 3rd column.
When I use this formula
=VLOOKUP(A17,$test.I23:$test.K38,1,0)
I get #N/A
Obviously A17 is the current sheet and $test is another sheet.
I hope this makes sense.

Does the cell above have a formula =VLOOKUP(A16,$test.I22:$test.K37,1,0)?

You need to make your array absolute, I don’t know the start of your array so you will need to correct that but the formula should have some $ in, such as =VLOOKUP(A17,test.$I$14:test.$K$29,1,0). You can enter the $ by clicking after cell address, $test.I23and then pressing F4

See Addresses and References, Absolute and Relative

I changed it to:
=VLOOKUP(A17,$test.$I$23:$test.$K$38,1,0)
But it still returned #N/A
The start of the array is $test.$I$23 as shown in the formula.
I’m thinking the value of A17 is not being found due to some formatting issue.
Let me do some research and post back