Excel: Farmers Market

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Problem: Those new settings in NETWORKDAYS.INTL don't help me. Our business is only open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

Strategy: There is an alternate way to specify the third argument. Instead of specifying 1-7 or 11-17, you can specify a 7-digit text string comprised of 1's and 0's. The first character in the text is Monday. The seventh character is Sunday. Remember the name of this argument is [weekend]. Thus, a 1 indicates that the business is closed and a 0 indicates that the business is open.

  1. Use the "œ0010001" argument for Barber Shops.