-(void) slotShifts

{
    for (int loop = 0; loop < 5; loop++){
        BOOL result = TRUE;
        printf("------------------------+++++++++++LOOP:%i\n", loop);
        while (result) {
            result = FALSE;
    for (int y = 0; y < [empStorage count]; y++) // this cycles
                                                //through the employees
    {
        for (int x = 0; x < DAYCOUNT; x++) // change the 3 to 7 once
                                        //all days are allocated
        {
            BOOL plCheck = [self placementCheck:[[dayStorage objectAtIndex:x]
                            objectAtIndex:0] withEmp:[[[empStorage objectAtIndex:y]
                            objectAtIndex:6]intValue]];
            if (plCheck) { //checks if employee and shift are both
                         //the same placement, i.e. FOH or BOH



            //for each shift
            for (int j = 1; j < [[dayStorage objectAtIndex:x]count];j++)
            {

                if ([[[dayStorage objectAtIndex:x] // checks if shift is available
                      objectAtIndex:j]count] == 2) {


        if ([[[[empStorage objectAtIndex:y] // this checks if the employee is
               objectAtIndex:4]             // available this day to work
              objectAtIndex:x]intValue]
            == 1) {


            BOOL curWorking = [self currentlyWorking:[[empStorage objectAtIndex:y]
                                        objectAtIndex:0]onDay:x andShift:j];
            //before and after test to see if employee is currently working
            if (!curWorking) {


        // this takes the shift's end time and subtracts the
        // start time to get the hours of a shift. Then it
        // adds the already accumulated hours the employee has
        int z =
        ([[[[dayStorage objectAtIndex:x]objectAtIndex:j]
            objectAtIndex:1]intValue] - [[[[dayStorage objectAtIndex:x]
                                objectAtIndex:j]objectAtIndex:0]intValue]) +
            [[[empStorage objectAtIndex:y]objectAtIndex:5]intValue];


        // following if checks if max hours have been met
        if ( z <
            [[[empStorage objectAtIndex:y]objectAtIndex:1]intValue]) {


        //PAY ATTENTION
        //PAY ATTENTION
        //LOOK AT THIS
        //HERE IS THE PART THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT
        // this adds the employee at the scheduled time
        // IMPORTANT: everything after this point should be setting
        // new values rather than checks because the shift has
        // ALREADY BEEN SLOTTED
        [self addEmp:[empStorage objectAtIndex:y]
               toDay:[dayStorage objectAtIndex:x]
                toShift:j];
            printf(".\n");


            // this replaces the accumulated hours with the new total, z.
            [[empStorage objectAtIndex:y]replaceObjectAtIndex:5
                            withObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:z]];
            result = TRUE;
            //[self printTest];

                }//endif hrs max met
            } //endif currently working
            } //endif day available
                } //endif shift available
            } //end for each shift in day loop
            }//end if placement is correct
        }//end for each day in the week
    }//end for each employee
        }//end while loop
    }//end for loop of whole thing for redundancy
}//end method