Question : Excel VLOOKUP ignoring case

I'm finding that Excel apparently sees the difference between 00011AB and 00011Ab when sorting, but when I then do a VLOOKUP, if the lookup value is 00011Ab, it returns info from the 00011AB row (which comes first).

Is VLOOKUP not case-sensitive?  Can I make it case-sensitive?

Answer : Excel VLOOKUP ignoring case

DanR,

VLOOKUP is not case sensitive. Neither is the MATCH function, which could have helped us otherwise.

Let's use another method... I assume that your list is in A1:C100, with the values to search in column A.

First, enter 00011Ab (the value we look for)in cell F1


To find the row of the matching value, you can use this array formula. Type it in cell G1 and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter afterwards.

The formula will return the number of the row where the value in cell F1 is found within the range A1:A100.

=SUM(EXACT(A1:A100,F1)*ROW(A1:A100))


To make use this row number, try the INDEX function.
This formula will get the value from the table A1:C100 where the row number is the value in cell G1 and the column is 2. Enter it in cell H1.

=INDEX(A1:C100, G1, 2)

Ture Magnusson
Karlstad, Sweden