void zeroEdges ( int nrows, int ncols, int x[nrows][ncols] )
{
int row, col;
/* Zero row 0 */
if ( nrows>0 )
for ( col=0; col<ncols; col++ ) x[0][col] = 0;
/* Zero last row */
if ( nrows>0 )
for ( col=0; col<ncols; col++ ) x[nrows-1][col] = 0;
/* Zero column 0 */
if ( ncols>0 )
for ( row=0; row<nrows; row++ ) x[row][0] = 0;
/* Zero last column */
if ( ncols>0 )
for ( row=0; row<nrows; row++ ) x[row][ncols-1] = 0;
}