excel exact command should not be case sensitive

The exact command in Excel is case sensitive when comparing text. It doesn't
have to be. I can understand when comparing numbers or calculations.

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If you just want to compare something without regard to case, you can just use
the = comparison:

=if(a1=b1,"same","different")



keabu wrote:
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> The exact command in Excel is case sensitive when comparing text. It doesn't
> have to be. I can understand when comparing numbers or calculations.
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Dave Peterson

Dave Peterson wrote...
>If you just want to compare something without regard to case, you can just use
>the = comparison:
>
>=if(a1=b1,"same","different")
....

And even if = didn't work for text, it'd still be possible to use

EXACT(UPPER(a),UPPER(b))

to compare a and b case insensitively. If EXACT were case insensitive
and = didn't work for text, there'd be no way to construct a case
SENSITIVE comparison. Thus, it's better for EXACT to be case sensitive
than not.

The deeper problem is that the OP doesn't understand there are times
some Excel users *DO* want case sensitive comparisons.