question

def load_board(file)
	gameboard = File.readlines(file)[1..-1]
		gameboard.map! do |line|
			line.split.map(&:to_s)
		end
	$globalboard = gameboard
end

def pp_board(board)
	puts Array.new(board[0].size*2+4, '-').join('')
	board.each do |row|
		puts "|" + row.join('|') + "|"
		puts Array.new(row.size*2+4, '-').join('')
	end
end

def create_hint_board(board)
	hintboard = [[],[]]
	board.each{ |row| 
		row.each { |col|
			if board[row][col] != "*"
				hintboard[row][col] = 0
			end
			if board[row][col] = "*"
				hintboard[row+1][col+1] += 1
				hintboard[row-1][col-1] += 1
				hintboard[row+1][col-1] += 1
				hintboard[row-1][col+1] += 1
			end
				}
			}
end			

load_board('mines.txt')
	
create_hint_board($globalboard)