private string PreparePowerSchedule(IEnumerable<ScheduledEntry> entriesToSchedule)
{
int[] minuteSchedule = InitMinuteSchedule(); // an array containing one element for each minute of a day
foreach (ScheduledEntry entry in entriesToSchedule)
{
// filling in scheduled minutes for each scheduled entry
FillMinuteSchedule(entry, ref minuteSchedule);
}
//Transfer it to a 360 elements based hex schedule
char[] hexSchedule = InitHexSchedule();
int schedulePosition = 0;
for (int quadrupletStart = 0; quadrupletStart < MinutesOfADay; quadrupletStart += 4)
{
hexSchedule[schedulePosition] = QuadrupletToHex(minuteSchedule, quadrupletStart);
schedulePosition++;
}
return new string(hexSchedule); // string with length 360, each position contains a value between '0' and 'F'
}