Not a very good subject wording, but....
I currently have 14 postitions (days off), sorted by seniority[top Sat/Sun
thru Tue/Wed]. - Current.
I only need 9 [the bottom Sat/Sun thru Tue/Wed] - Proposed
I want formulas in the Q col to indicate 4 different texts.
Being that the top group is in seniority order, I want the upper group Q
formulas to look at the lower days off, then starting at the top of the upper
group, if it found a matching day off, return "match". In this first case,
the Sat/Sun. Being that there is only one Sat/Sun in the below group, I want
the 2nd Sat/Sun in the upper group to return "mismatch", etc. etc.
I also need anything below the count of 9- in current- to result in "excess'
if they don't match the proposed need, and "excess match" if they do match
the proposed need.
The upper Q column shows how all the results should be.
I hope I explained the ok.

Current
P Q
Sat/Sun Match
Sat/Sun Mismatch
Sun/Mon Match
Sun/Mon Match
Sun/Mon Mismatch
Thu/Fri Match
Thu/Fri Match
Thu/Fri Match
Tue/Wed Match
Tue/Wed Excess-Match
Tue/Wed Excess-Match
Tue/Wed Excess
Tue/Wed Excess
Tue/Wed Excess


Proposed
Sat/Sun
Sun/Mon
Sun/Mon
Thu/Fri
Thu/Fri
Thu/Fri
Tue/Wed
Tue/Wed
Tue/Wed

Thanks,

Steve