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vlookup case sensitive

very simple,VLOOKUPs are case insensitive, VLOOKUPS should be case sensitive. One use case are Salesforce reports. They produce 15 character Ids that require case sensitivity functionality in order lookup against.

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  • PN commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    By default, VLOOKUP isn't case-sensitive. VLOOKUP just returns the first match, ignoring whether the text is in upper or in lower case. Please add an option to the VLOOKUP function to make it consider case. Having VLOOKUP be able to perform a case-sensitive lookup would help a lot.

  • Becca commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    it is impossible to manipulate salesforce data using vlookup function. please fix!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • JP commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Indeed, it will be very useful as I personal have faced lots of data issues in this.

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