If 3 Text Cells are the same make the cell = 1

Hey all, trying to get 3 cells to cross check each other. If cell 1 = cell2 = cell3 then the active cell =1 else 0

does anyone know how to make that formula I figured it out if the cells had numaric data but I can't seem to get it to work with text data

thanks in advance...

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thanx