Please assist me make a simple and easy text-based minesweeper game!

[Flippy]

Hi Guys! I am a noob in C++ programming. I have lots of ideas and stuff in my mind limited however only to the stock knowledge I have.

I have to make a simple and easy minesweeper game for my finals in C++.
I barely have any idea on how to start it with, but what I am thinking and know is it has to have something to do with two or multi dimensional arrays, setting a random number generator for the mine-spawn, and maybe something with key manipulation as controls.

So far,... I only still have this code:

#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
srand(2498);
int x, y;

cout<<"Please input desired box size for height and width, respectively.\n";
cout<<"x = ";
cin>>x;
cout<<"y = ";
cin>>y;


int total, spawn=total/4;

int rows, cols;
char Table[x][y];

for (rows=0;rows<x;rows++)
{
for (cols=0;cols<y;cols++)
{
//assigns the value 15 to each of the array's variable
Table[rows][cols] = 'O';
}
}
for (rows=0;rows<x;rows++)
{
for (cols=0;cols<y;cols++)
{
//prints every item of the array
cout<<Table[rows][cols]<<" ";
}
cout<<endl;
}

for (mines=0;mines<spawn;mines++)
{
int rundom=rand()% spawn;




cout<<endl;
system("pause");

return 0;

}

Please help me. I have about 3 days left. At the last unfinished part, I am struggling on how to put the random generated number on the corresponding index/array which is where the mine is to be placed. Correct me please for everything. THANKS!!!!