Exact Formula
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Text1
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Text2
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Result
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Hello
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Hello
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TRUE
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=EXACT(C4,D4)
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Hello
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hello
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FALSE
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=EXACT(C5,D5)
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Hello
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Goodbye
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FALSE
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=EXACT(C6,D6)
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What Does It Do?
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This
function compares two items of text and determine whether they are exactly
the same.
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The case
of the characters is taken into account, only words which are spelt the same
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which
have upper and lower case characters in the same position will be considered
as equal.
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Syntax
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=EXACT(Text1,Text2)
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Only two items of text can be compared.
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Formatting
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If the
two items of text are exactly the same the result of TRUE will be shown.
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If there
is any difference in the two items of text the result of FALSE will be shown.
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Example
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Here is a
simple password checking formula.
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You need
to guess the correct password.
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The
password is the name of a colour, either red blue or green.
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The case
of the password is important.
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The =EXACT()
function is used to check your guess.
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Guess the password :
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red
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Is it correct :
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No
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(To stop
you from cheating, the correct password has been entered as a series of
=CHAR()
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functions,
which use the ANSI number of the characters rather than the character
itself!)
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Its still
very easy though.
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