Does XLOOKUP Approximate Match Work With Text – 2387

A question from my Daytona Beach seminar last week:
We know XLOOKUP can find the number just larger or just smaller than a number. But does this also work with Text? How about with Symbols?

In this video, Bill Jelen shows how the approximate match works with XLOOKUP. Unlike MATCH or VLOOKUP, the table does not have to be sorted. You can find a value just smaller or just larger than the search value.

This also works with Text, although it is case insensitive.

And, it works with symbols, but in an unexpected sequence.