Comparing cell contents against string in Excel

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I need a formula to populate the H column with True or False if it finds column G in column F (exact case).

I used following but nothing seems to be resulting correct value, either it fails with case or if the same row didn't match returns false.

1 =IF(F2=(G$2:G$43), "True", "false") -> returns false if the same row didn't match.

2. =EXACT(F2,G$2:G$43) -> same as above

3. =MATCH(F2,G$2:G$41,0) -> fails with case sensitive.

4. =MATCH (TRUE, EXACT ( G$2:G$41, F2 ), 0 ) -> fails like #1

Best How To :

We need an Array formula. In G2 enter:

=NOT(ISERROR(MATCH(1,--EXACT(F$2:F$7,E2),0)))

and copy down.

Array formulas must be entered with Ctrl + Shift + Enter rather than just the Enter key.

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