{"id":9914,"date":"2019-10-16T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=9914"},"modified":"2024-04-17T04:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T02:25:20","slug":"exact-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/exact-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"EXACT Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Compares two texts in a case-sensitive manner if they are the same<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=EXACT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">text1<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">text2<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=EXACT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">first text to be compared<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">second text to be compared<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We can easily compare two texts if they are equal or not with the\u00a0<strong>EXACT formula.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But I can hear you say now, hold on, I can easily do that with the equal (sign) operator! The difference is, equal compares text and does not consider case sensitivity. However the\u00a0<strong>EXACT formula\u00a0<\/strong>compares text in a <strong>case-sensitive manner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uejxj3dOFiA?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">EXACT-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>EXACT\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=EXACT(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\" width=\"596\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-01.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-01-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>EXACT\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/exact-formula-in-excel\/#text1\" title=\"text1\">text1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/exact-formula-in-excel\/#text2\" title=\"text2\">text2<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"text1\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>text1<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the first text to be compared?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell containing leftmost text that you want to compare:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=EXACT(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\" width=\"597\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-02.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-02-300x83.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"text2\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>text2<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the second text to be compared?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell containing rightmost text that you want to compare:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=EXACT(C9,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D9)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\" width=\"593\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-03.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-03-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apply the same formula to the rest of the cells by dragging the lower right corner downwards.<\/p>\n<p>You can see that the Excel values that have different capital letters have a <strong>FALSE<\/strong> result! (e.g. EXCEL vs. ExCEL)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9919\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-04.jpg\" alt=\"EXACT Formula in Excel\" width=\"621\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-04.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EXACT-FORMULA-04-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.myexcelonline.com\/products\/101-most-popular-excel-formulas-e-book\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SORT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png\" alt=\"SORT Formula in Excel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? Compares two texts in a case-sensitive manner if they are the same Formula breakdown: =EXACT(text1, text2) What it means: =EXACT(first text to be compared, second text to be compared) We can easily compare two texts if they are equal or not with the\u00a0EXACT formula. But I can hear you say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"EXACT Formula in Excel","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[479,3,14],"tags":[480,142],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}