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Asked: 2026-06-09T02:24:52+00:00

Consider the following (partial) Excel worksheet: A | B | C | D —+————-+——-+——-

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Consider the following (partial) Excel worksheet:

A  |   B         |  C    |  D
---+-------------+-------+-------
id |  date       | var_a | var_b
1  |  2011-03-12 | 200   | 34.22
1  |  2011-03-13 | 203   | 35.13
1  |  2011-03-14 | 205   | 34.14
1  |  2011-03-15 | 207   | 54.88
1  |  2011-03-16 | 208   | 12.01
1  |  2011-03-18 | 203   | 76.10
1  |  2011-03-19 | 210   | 14.86
1  |  2011-03-20 | 200   | 25.45
.  |  .          |  .    |  .
.  |  .          |  .    |  .
2  |  2011-03-12 | 200   | 34.22
2  |  2011-03-13 | 203   | 35.13
2  |  2011-03-14 | 205   | 34.14
2  |  2011-03-15 | 207   | 54.88
2  |  2011-03-16 | 208   | 12.01
2  |  2011-03-18 | 203   | 76.10
2  |  2011-03-19 | 210   | 14.86
2  |  2011-03-20 | 200   | 25.45
.  |  .          |  .    |  .
.  |  .          |  .    |  .

In reality, there are over 5.000 rows. I need to delete all rows which date falls on a saturday or sunday. In the example, March 12 and 13 (2011-03-12/13) and March 19 and 20 are Saturdays and Sundays. I cannot just delete every nth rows, since there might be days missing in the list (as is the case here with 2011-03-17).

Is this possible to do with either a formula or VBScript? I have never written a VBScript macro before (I have never had a use for it) so I would appreciate some help.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you only need to do this once, this is what I would do. This should preserve the order, but if you’re really worried about it, read very end of the post:

    1. Add a new column, call it “Is Weekend”. In it, put =if(WEEKDAY(B2, 2) > 5, 1, 0). Drag that formula down for the entire table.

    2. Filter the columns. To do that, select the entire table (click on any table cell then hit Ctrl-A), then

      • On Excel 2007+, go to Data-> click “Filter”
      • On Excel 2003, go to Data->Filter->Auto Filter.

    3. Sort everything by last column (Is Weekend) in descending order. This should put all weekend rows together without altering the order among the other rows.

    4. Delete all rows with 1 in “Is Weeked” column. Delete that column.

    If you’re really worried about preserving order, before you do the above, you can do the following:

    1. Add a new column called “Position”. Put 1 in the first row, 2 in the second row, select them and drag it down to the bottom so every row has its own position number in increasing order.
    2. Perform the filtering as above.
    3. After you’re done, sort everything in ascending order by “Position” column.
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