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EXACT
EXACT checks whether two strings are exactly the same, including letter case — unlike the = operator, which ignores case. Use it for case-sensitive validation.
Excel
=EXACT(A2, B2)Google Sheets
=EXACT(A2, B2)✓
Verified example
Computed by a real spreadsheet engine on the sample data below.
| A | B |
| Apple | apple |
=EXACT(A2, B2)→FALSE
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How it works
- 1A2 and B2 are the two values to compare.
- 2EXACT is case-sensitive: "Apple" ≠ "apple".
- 3Here it returns FALSE.
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