Case-Sensitive Search – How to Find Exact Case Matches

Published 2026-04-06 · convertcase.in

Sometimes you need to find text that matches exact case — "NASA" not "nasa", "True" not "TRUE". Here's how to enable case-sensitive search in common tools.

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1In Microsoft Word

Ctrl+H (Find & Replace) → More → check "Match case".

2In Excel

EXACT() function: =EXACT(A1, "NASA") returns TRUE only if the case matches exactly.

3In VS Code

Ctrl+F → click the "Aa" icon to enable case-sensitive search.

4In Bash/Terminal

grep is case-sensitive by default. Use grep -i for case-insensitive.

5In JavaScript

"HELLO" === "hello" → false (always case-sensitive). Use .toLowerCase() before comparing for case-insensitive matching.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is SQL case-sensitive for string matching?

Depends on the collation. MySQL with utf8_general_ci is case-insensitive. Use BINARY for case-sensitive: WHERE BINARY name = "NASA".