By any chance, would “Tue - Fri” comprise the entirety of a possible field value? Or would “Tue - Fri” appear amongst other text in the same cell? Is it possible to clean up your values so {Event Day}
is more predictable (so you don’t have to differentiate between “Tue - Thur” and “Tue - Thu”)?
Figured it out. There’s probably a way more efficient way to do this, but here’s what I came up with:
IF({Event Day} = “Tue - Sat”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 5, ‘day’), IF({Event Day}= “Thur - Fri”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 2), IF({Event Day}= “Wed-Fri”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 3, ‘day’), IF({Event Day}= “Tue - Fri”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 4, ‘day’), IF({Event Day}= “Tuesdays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Tues”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Wed”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Thurs”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Monday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Mondays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Tuesday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Wednesday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Thursday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Friday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Saturday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Thursdays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Fridays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Sunday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Tue”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Saturdays”, {Event Start Date}))))))))))))))))))))
Figured it out. There’s probably a way more efficient way to do this, but here’s what I came up with:
IF({Event Day} = “Tue - Sat”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 5, ‘day’), IF({Event Day}= “Thur - Fri”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 2), IF({Event Day}= “Wed-Fri”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 3, ‘day’), IF({Event Day}= “Tue - Fri”, DATEADD({Event Start Date}, 4, ‘day’), IF({Event Day}= “Tuesdays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Tues”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Wed”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Thurs”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Monday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Mondays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Tuesday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Wednesday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Thursday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Friday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Saturday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Thursdays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Fridays”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Sunday”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Tue”, {Event Start Date}, IF({Event Day}= “Saturdays”, {Event Start Date}))))))))))))))))))))
since the answer to ^ that question is apparently yes, the most efficient formula would be something like this:
IF(
AND({Event Day}, {Event Start Date}),
DATEADD(
{Event Start Date},
SWITCH(
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE({Event Day}, " ", ""), "days", ""), "day", ""),
"Tue-Sat", 5,
"Thur-Fri", 2,
"Wed-Fri", 3,
"Tue-Fri", 4,
"Mon", 0,
"Tue", 0,
"Tues", 0,
"Wed", 0,
"Thurs", 0,
"Fri", 0,
"Sat", 0,
"Sun", 0
),
"days"
)
)
Or:
IF(
AND({Event Day}, {Event Start Date}),
DATEADD(
{Event Start Date},
SWITCH(
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE({Event Day}, " ", ""), "days", ""), "day", ""),
"Tue-Sat", 5,
"Thur-Fri", 2,
"Wed-Fri", 3,
"Tue-Fri", 4,
0
),
"days"
)
)
since the answer to ^ that question is apparently yes, the most efficient formula would be something like this:
IF(
AND({Event Day}, {Event Start Date}),
DATEADD(
{Event Start Date},
SWITCH(
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE({Event Day}, " ", ""), "days", ""), "day", ""),
"Tue-Sat", 5,
"Thur-Fri", 2,
"Wed-Fri", 3,
"Tue-Fri", 4,
"Mon", 0,
"Tue", 0,
"Tues", 0,
"Wed", 0,
"Thurs", 0,
"Fri", 0,
"Sat", 0,
"Sun", 0
),
"days"
)
)
Or:
IF(
AND({Event Day}, {Event Start Date}),
DATEADD(
{Event Start Date},
SWITCH(
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE({Event Day}, " ", ""), "days", ""), "day", ""),
"Tue-Sat", 5,
"Thur-Fri", 2,
"Wed-Fri", 3,
"Tue-Fri", 4,
0
),
"days"
)
)
They both worked beautifully! Thank you so much
since the answer to ^ that question is apparently yes, the most efficient formula would be something like this:
IF(
AND({Event Day}, {Event Start Date}),
DATEADD(
{Event Start Date},
SWITCH(
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE({Event Day}, " ", ""), "days", ""), "day", ""),
"Tue-Sat", 5,
"Thur-Fri", 2,
"Wed-Fri", 3,
"Tue-Fri", 4,
"Mon", 0,
"Tue", 0,
"Tues", 0,
"Wed", 0,
"Thurs", 0,
"Fri", 0,
"Sat", 0,
"Sun", 0
),
"days"
)
)
Or:
IF(
AND({Event Day}, {Event Start Date}),
DATEADD(
{Event Start Date},
SWITCH(
SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE({Event Day}, " ", ""), "days", ""), "day", ""),
"Tue-Sat", 5,
"Thur-Fri", 2,
"Wed-Fri", 3,
"Tue-Fri", 4,
0
),
"days"
)
)
You write beautiful formulas.