Substitute letter for number

[mal_god]

I have a roster with shifts represented by letters e.g N-night, D-day, E-evening. I would like to add a formula at the bottom of a fortnight to calculate the hours based on N=11 hours, D=8 hours, E=8 hours.

I have used the formula below to add up the hours but it becomes a very long formula to cover each shift for each cell

IF(S4="D",8)+IF(S4="N",11)+IF(S4="E",8)+IF(S5="D",8)+IF(S5="N",11)+IF(S5="E",8)+ etc.... until I have covered the fortnight range of cells i.e 14 cells

Are there any shortcuts? I tried to make it a range but it did not work e.g IF(S4:18="E",8)+(S4:S18="N",11) + etc...

[Tony Valko]

Maybe something like this...

=(COUNTIF(Range,"N")*11)+(COUNTIF(Range,"E")*8)+(COUNTIF(Range,"D")*8)

[TMS]

Maybe:

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[TMS]

Or:

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[Tony Valko]

Or...

=SUM(COUNTIF(Range,{"N","E","D"})*{11,8,8})

[mal_god]

Thank you both for your responses. They both worked perfectly! Much better than my 2,000 character formula. You've save me a huge headache.

[TMS]

You're welcome.



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[Tony Valko]

You're welcome. We appreciate the feedback!

[TMS]

Or...

=SUM(COUNTIF(Range,{"N","E","D"})*{11,8,8})

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