Grabbing any two characters instead of defined.

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I am having trouble getting the below duty roster to pick up any two characters, instead of only "DD". The goal is to count how many days since a person has last done a weekday or weekend duty from the end of the month, the input can be any two characters. Bonus points for anyone who can also figure out a way to get it to run without using the LET function, as this does not work with excel at work.

Any help at all would be hugely appreciated.

Excel Formula: 
=LET(days,FILTER(F4:AJ4,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"),maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))

Duties.DoNotEdit.1 - Maseter.xlsx
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZAAABACADAEAFAGAHAIAJAKAL
101 Sep 2301020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425262728293001
3FriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
4Pte 10DD75
5Pte 01DD211
6Pte 01DD210
7Pte 10DD05
8Pte 00215
9Pte 00215
10Pte 00215
11Pte 00215
12Pte 00215
13Pte 00215
14Pte 00215
15Pte 00215
Template
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
F1F1=A1
G1:AJ1G1=F1+1
D4:D15D4=SUMPRODUCT((WEEKDAY($F$2:$AI$2,2)<6)*(F4:AI4 = "DD"))
E4:E15E4=SUMPRODUCT((WEEKDAY($F$2:$AI$2,2)>5)*(F4:AI4 = "DD"))
AK4AK4=LET(days,FILTER(F4:AJ4,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL4AL4=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F4:AJ4, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK5AK5=LET(days,FILTER(F5:AJ5,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL5AL5=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F5:AJ5, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK6AK6=LET(days,FILTER(F6:AJ6,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL6AL6=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F6:AJ6, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK7AK7=LET(days,FILTER(F7:AJ7,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL7AL7=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F7:AJ7, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK8AK8=LET(days,FILTER(F8:AJ8,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL8AL8=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F8:AJ8, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK9AK9=LET(days,FILTER(F9:AJ9,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL9AL9=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F9:AJ9, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK10AK10=LET(days,FILTER(F10:AJ10,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL10AL10=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F10:AJ10, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK11AK11=LET(days,FILTER(F11:AJ11,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL11AL11=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F11:AJ11, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK12AK12=LET(days,FILTER(F12:AJ12,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL12AL12=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F12:AJ12, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK13AK13=LET(days,FILTER(F13:AJ13,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL13AL13=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F13:AJ13, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK14AK14=LET(days,FILTER(F14:AJ14,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL14AL14=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F14:AJ14, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
AK15AK15=LET(days,FILTER(F15:AJ15,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"), maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("DD",days,0,-1),0))
AL15AL15=ROUNDDOWN((LET( days, FILTER(F15:AJ15, LEFT(F3:AJ3)="S"), maxCount, COLUMNS(days), maxCount - IFERROR(XMATCH("DD", days, 0, -1), 0) ))/2, 0)
Named Ranges
NameRefers ToCells
DutyRange=Template!$F$2:$AG$20D4:E15
MyRange=Template!$F$4:$J$4,Template!$M$4:$Q$4,Template!$T$4:$X$4,Template!$AA$4:$AE$4AK4:AL4, D4:E4
Cells with Conditional Formatting
CellConditionCell FormatStop If True
E4:E50Cell Value>1textNO
D4:D50Cell Value>2textNO


EDIT:
Also, the headers in AK and AL should read "Last Weekday" + "Last Weekend" respectively.
 

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For part 1 use
Excel Formula: 
=LET(days,FILTER(F4:AJ4,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"),maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("??",days,2,-1),0))
 
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Fluff said:
For part 1 use
Excel Formula: 
=LET(days,FILTER(F4:AJ4,LEFT(F3:AJ3)<>"S"),maxCount,COLUMNS(days),maxCount-IFERROR(XMATCH("??",days,2,-1),0))
Click to expand...
You are a hero. I tried to use wildcard characters before but it didn't seem to work?
 
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For part 2 you could try
Excel Formula: 
=NETWORKDAYS(IFNA(LOOKUP(2,1/((LEFT($F$3:$AJ$3)<>"s")*(F4:AJ4<>"")),$F$1:$AJ$1),$F$1),$AJ$1)-1
 
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Fluff said:
For part 2 you could try
Excel Formula: 
=NETWORKDAYS(IFNA(LOOKUP(2,1/((LEFT($F$3:$AJ$3)<>"s")*(F4:AJ4<>"")),$F$1:$AJ$1),$F$1),$AJ$1)-1
Click to expand...
You have no idea how grateful I am. Thank you so much!
 
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You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.
 
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How about
Excel Formula: 
=FLOOR((NETWORKDAYS.INTL(IFNA(LOOKUP(2,1/((LEFT($F$3:$AJ$3)="s")*(F4:AJ4<>"")),$F$1:$AJ$1),$F$1),$AJ$1,"1111100")-1)/2,1)
 
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Fluff said:
How about
Excel Formula: 
=FLOOR((NETWORKDAYS.INTL(IFNA(LOOKUP(2,1/((LEFT($F$3:$AJ$3)="s")*(F4:AJ4<>"")),$F$1:$AJ$1),$F$1),$AJ$1,"1111100")-1)/2,1)
Click to expand...
Bingo.
If you ever need a kidney or anything, give me a shout lol. Thanks again!!
 
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