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Ron_Hockman1525
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Apr 15, 2023
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Formula to match Day of Week Name

I want to get the day of the week from a date and then evaluate if that matches a cell with different days of the week.  8/28/2023 is a Monday (text(cell,"dddd")  I want the formula to indicat there is one occurrence of Monday in the dayofweek cell, result would be 1.  TY

 

 

  • Ron_Hockman1525 

     

    For older versions of Excel, you may try the following formula...

    =(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,TEXT($B$1,"dddd"),"")))/LEN(TEXT($B$1,"dddd"))

     

    For Excel 365, you may also try the following formula...

    =SUM((TEXTSPLIT(A2,"; ")=TEXT($B$1,"dddd"))*1)

     

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  • Ron_Hockman1525 

     

    For older versions of Excel, you may try the following formula...

    =(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,TEXT($B$1,"dddd"),"")))/LEN(TEXT($B$1,"dddd"))

     

    For Excel 365, you may also try the following formula...

    =SUM((TEXTSPLIT(A2,"; ")=TEXT($B$1,"dddd"))*1)

     

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