The absolute references will make no difference. Excel keeps track of
where cells are which is a good thing in most cases. If you realy need
it to stay at b4 you will have to write

=IF(A4=indirect("B4"),"SAME","DIFFERENT")

But I would not recommend it

Regards

Dav


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