With the date in B2 then

=B2-INT((B2-38809)/7)-34814

seems to return the right number and if the date is a Sunday it returns the
previous day's (ie Saturday) date so if your list misses out Sundays the
formula will do so also.

If you have a complete list of dates then use:

=IF(WEEKDAY(B2,1)=1,"No paper",B2-INT((B2-38809)/7)-34814)

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"shanjar" wrote in
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I want to write a formula that works out what the crossword number in a
daily newspaper should be.

For example, say the crossword number for today is 4000 and today is
Friday.

What formula would return tomorrow's (Saturday's) number (4001)
correctly?

And - most crucially - what formula would return Monday' correct
crossword number - 4002 - as there is no daily newspaper on a Sunday?

Help very gratefully received. I'm going round in circles...


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