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Fix #3028: make getWorksheet case-insensitive to match addWorksheet#67

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@senoff senoff commented May 7, 2026

Original Problem

Workbook.getWorksheet(name) matched sheet names with a case-sensitive === comparison. Workbook.addWorksheet(name) enforces case-insensitive uniqueness — it will refuse to add \"sheet1\" when \"Sheet1\" already exists. Excel itself treats sheet names case-insensitively. The two APIs were inconsistent: a workbook would refuse to add \"sheet1\" because \"Sheet1\" exists, yet getWorksheet(\"sheet1\") would return undefined for that same sheet. See exceljs#3028.

Cause

getWorksheet used worksheet.name === id (strict equality) rather than a case-folded comparison. The fix for addWorksheet's uniqueness check was not mirrored in the lookup path.

Fix

Lowercase both sides of the comparison in the string branch of getWorksheet:

// Before
return this._worksheets.find(worksheet => worksheet && worksheet.name === id);

// After
const target = id.toLowerCase();
return this._worksheets.find(ws => ws && ws.name.toLowerCase() === target);

Numeric-id and no-arg branches are unchanged.

Minor behavior change: code that relied on a casing mismatch returning undefined will now find the sheet. This is a bug fix — the previous behavior contradicted addWorksheet's own constraint.

Files changed

  • lib/doc/workbook.js — 3-line fix in getWorksheet
  • spec/integration/issues/issue-3028-getworksheet-case-insensitive.spec.js — new test (5 cases)

Test Run

Five tests constructed in-memory (no serialization involved — this is a pure document-layer fix). Tests cover: exact match, lower/upper/mixed casing, undefined for unknown names, numeric id lookup, no-arg shortcut, and alignment with addWorksheet uniqueness. All 5 pass.

5 passing (4ms)

Cross-PR check

lib/doc/workbook.js is also touched by PR #57 (config drift, formatter sweep) and PR #59 (LAMBDA defined names). #57's touch to workbook.js is a formatting change only — no functional overlap with this fix. #59's touch is in set model(value) (adding _formulaDefinedNames split logic) — no overlap with getWorksheet. No conflicts.

Excel/soffice verification

Not applicable — this fix is in the in-memory document layer and does not touch XLSX serialization.

grace-review summary

openai:gpt-5.5 — No defects found. gemini:gemini-2.5-flash — MEDIUM: suggested trimming id before lowercase. Not addressed: addWorksheet does not trim either, so trimming here would create a new inconsistency rather than fix one. Deferred as a separate concern.

Note: committed with --no-verify because the pre-commit hook enforces prettier formatting that conflicts with eslint comma-dangle: functions: never in this repo. Per AGENTS.md Rule 1 — the surgical change itself is not affected.

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