Computer Science A - 10/25/99

apstring front(const apstring& original, char character)
{
    int pos = original.find(character);

    if(pos != npos)
        return(original.substr(0, pos));
    else
        return original;
}

void checkNumber(apmatrix<int>& board, int& spotsCovered, int Number)
{
    for(int row = 0l row < board.numrows(); row++)
        for(int col = 0; col < board.numcols(); col++)
            if(board[row][col] == number)
            {
                board[row][col] = 0;
                spotsCovered++;
                return;
            }
}