# Returning a Value
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-a-value/2858476
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner, help, google-sheets
**Created:** [February 26, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-a-value/2858476 "2024-02-26T23:42:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@briseno1984q](https://community.thunkable.com/u/briseno1984q)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-a-value/2858476/1 "2024-02-26T23:42:54Z")
Hello Everyone… first post here.
I am making a “Sign in, Sign Out” Hall Pass App.
Students enter their ID Number ----\> Google Sheet will record: Name, Time, Teacher, Location etc.
I am having issues returning a student name based on them entering their ID Number.
This is what I have, and for the life of me it is not returning anything.
**I have tried:**
Initialing a list with "list of values in 2023-2024 in Sheet 1 in ID Number
Assigning variables for the index and using “list of values in 2023…, this lead to my app crashing.
I tried creating a list from text with the " ,”, but that also ended up crashing my app and giving me the “check blocks error”
I know that it will return a name if i put a specific number for the row id.
But when I don’t, the Index always returns 0.
I created a similar app a while back and used the Create object Json text to post on a Google sheet and it worked fine.
Please help. I have a list of 700 if that makes a difference.
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-a-value/2858476/3 "2024-02-27T00:39:11Z")
Hi and welcome to the Thunkable forums!
There is a problem with the way you are using variable blocks. Please see this topic and let me know if you have any questions after that: [Setting and Getting Stored Variables - Keep getting Null](https://community.thunkable.com/t/setting-and-getting-stored-variables-keep-getting-null/2856079)
Your question seems to be how to do a _vlookup_. This question comes up frequently on the forums and I would encourage you to search for that term if you haven’t yet.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/returning-a-value/2858476/4 "2024-05-27T00:39:25Z")
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