C++ :: Counting Occurrence Of Char In Array

I have

#define LessSymbol -1
#define MoreSymbol 1
#define NeitherSymbol 0
#define MAX_COLS 20
#define MAX_ROWS 20
#define MAX_CHAR 3

char averageMap[MAX_ROWS][MAX_COLS];
char rowCount[MAX_ROWS][MAX_CHAR];
char colCount[MAX_COLS][MAX_CHAR];

I have other stuff in the code, but basicly, at this stage i have a map of 1's,-1's and 0's in a 20 x 20 map. I just want to count the occurrences of each and basicly tally them in the 3 colums/rows at the end of the bloc. so far ive tried many different if statements, here is what i tried last.

for(row = 0; row < MAX_ROWS; row++){
rowCount[row][0]=0;
rowCount[row][1]=0;
rowCount[row][2]=0;
} for(col = 0; col < MAX_COLS; col++){

[Code] ....

Its outputting 20 as a result for each row. Its like its counting the symbol no matter what it is.