help with MAZE

i've working with these program, it's a multidimensional array program of a maze, it's called Herman, as a game..
i have initialized the array, and start the position, but it is not working properly, it stops when it hits the position before, when there are other positions available..it is suppose to stop when there are no more exits.
here's the code, hope somebody can help me with this.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>
#include<time.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

#define BLANK ' '
#define MAX 12

#define NORTH 1
#define EAST 2
#define SOUTH 3
#define WEST 4

int main(void)
{
	char maze[MAX][MAX];
	bool north,south,east,west;
	int direction;
	int row;
	int col;
	char ch = 48;
	

	srand(time(NULL));
	

	// 1. intialize array

	for(row = 0;row < MAX; row++)
	{
		for(col = 0;col < MAX; col++)
		{
			if(row == 0 || row == (MAX - 1))
			{
				maze[row][col] = (ch + col);
			
			}
			else if(col == 0 || col == (MAX - 1))
			{
				maze[row][col] = (ch + row);
				
			}
			else
			{
				maze[row][col] = BLANK;
			}


			
		}//end col loop
		
	}//end row loop
	

	
	// 2. Start Position

	row = rand()%10 + 1;
	col = rand()%10 + 1;

	printf("STARTING POSITION\n");
	printf("ROW %d \n",row);
	printf("COLUMN %d \n",col);
	
	// 3.setting Loop

	while(north,east,south,west)
	{		
	direction = rand()%4+1;

		if(direction == 1)
		{//1
			if(maze[row][col] == BLANK)
			{
				maze[row][col] = 'N';
				row = row - 1;
				north = true; east = true; south = true; west = true;
			}
			else 
				north = false;
		}//1

		else if(direction == 2)
		{//2
			if(maze[row][col] == BLANK)
			{
				maze[row][col] = 'E';
				col = col + 1;
				north = true; east = true; south = true; west = true;
			}

			else 
				east = false;
			
		}//2

		else if(direction == 3)
		{//3
			if(maze[row][col] == BLANK)
			{
				maze[row][col] = 'S';
				row = row + 1;
				north = true; east = true; south = true; west = true;
			}
			else 
				south = false;
			
		}//3

		else 
		{//4
			if(maze[row][col] == BLANK)
			{
				maze[row][col] = 'W';
				col = col - 1;
				north = true; east = true; south = true; west = true;
			}

			else 
				west = false;
		
			}//4
		}//while
	
	
	for(row = 0;row < MAX; row++)
	{
		for(col = 0;col < MAX; col++)
			printf("  %c",maze[row][col]);
		printf("\n\n");
	}
	printf("\n");
	printf("\n");

		
	return 0;
}

thanks for your help
Juan

First off, you should be compiling this as a .c source file not a .cpp source file. If you did, you'd know that bool isn't a valid datatype in C.

Second, you should ask yourself what this really means:

Code:

while(north,east,south,west)

...and why it's hindering your map building.

Originally Posted by SlyMaelstrom

First off, you should be compiling this as a .c source file not a .cpp source file. If you did, you'd know that bool isn't a valid datatype in C.

It is in C99. (Actually, it's a macro, but that's beside the point. ) Just be sure to include <stdbool.h>


Quzah.

Instead of a large main(), create 3 functions
initialiseMaze(char maze[MAX][MAX]);
fillMaze(char maze[MAX][MAX]);
printMaze(char maze[MAX][MAX]);

Then tell us which one isn't working properly.