Comparing Strings (EXACT)

Syntax: EXACT(t1; t2)

EXACT compares two strings and returns 1 if they are exactly the same or 0 if they are not. For example:

=EXACT("OpenOffice.org"; "OpenOffice.org")

returns 1, while

=EXACT("OpenOffice.org"; "openoffice.org")

returns 0.

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Figure 10-8. Sample result of the EXACT function

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