c++: Minesweeper Game

[Serex]

Hai, I have recently begun working on my own version of minesweeper. I have pretty much got it all figured. The only thing i need now are the actual mines.

Just after a few examples on what would be the best way to store the random locations. or would it be better to have a boolean attribute to the current block thats there?

few suggestions would be great.

thanks

[Dr. Evil]

I'd create a point array as long as there are mines and the location for each one in their element. Like this, kind of.

//mine_num = number of mines

POINT mines[mine_num]
srand(time(NULL));

for(i=0; i<mine_num; i++)
{
mines[i].x = rand() % /*size of horizontal side*/;
mines[i].y = rand() % /*size of vertical side*/;
for(j=0; j<mine_num; j++)
{
if(mines[i].x == mines[j].x) i--;
else if(mines[i].y == mines[j].y) i--;
}
}

//...


EDIT: Oops, I messed up that part to see if it was in the same place. Here's what the code should look like.

//mine_num = number of mines

POINT mines[mine_num]
srand(time(NULL));

for(i=0; i<mine_num; i++)
{
mines[i].x = rand() % /*size of horizontal side*/;
mines[i].y = rand() % /*size of vertical side*/;
for(j=0; j<mine_num; j++)
{
if((mines[i].x == mines[j].x) && (mines[i].y == mines[j].y) && (j != i)) i--;
}
}

//...