EXACT (Primitive Spread Function) returns 1 (True) if two strings are the same; otherwise, 0 (False).

SYNTAX:

EXACT(text1,text2)

REMARKS:

Compares the first string, the text1 argument, to the second string, text2.

Although the EXACT function is case-sensitive, it ignores formatting differences. 

EXAMPLES:

EXACT(A3,A5)
EXACT("SPREAD","spread") equals 0 (False)