convert weekday string to number

Is there an easy way to convert a string which is either "Monday" thru
"Sunday" into a number to work with? In particular, I want to add a 1 if the
cell contains "Monday", 2 if "Tuesday" etc.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

Have a look in HELP index for LOOKUP

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software
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"nico" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is there an easy way to convert a string which is either "Monday" thru
> "Sunday" into a number to work with? In particular, I want to add a 1 if
the
> cell contains "Monday", 2 if "Tuesday" etc.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks!

=LOOKUP(A1,{"Friday",5;"Monday",1;"Saturday",6;"Sunday",7;"Thursday",4;"Tues
day",2;"Wednesday",3})

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"nico" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is there an easy way to convert a string which is either "Monday" thru
> "Sunday" into a number to work with? In particular, I want to add a 1 if
the
> cell contains "Monday", 2 if "Tuesday" etc.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks!

=MATCH(A1,{"Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday","Su
nday"},0)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

"nico" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is there an easy way to convert a string which is either "Monday" thru
> "Sunday" into a number to work with? In particular, I want to add a 1 if
the
> cell contains "Monday", 2 if "Tuesday" etc.
>
> Any ideas?
> Thanks!