' Combines Octanary Magic Squares into Magic Squares
' Tested with Office 2007 under Windows 7
Sub CnstrSqrs8b()
Dim b(3, 64), a(64)
Sheets("Klad1").Select
y = MsgBox("Locked", vbCritical, "Routine CnstrSqrs8b")
End
n2 = 0: n9 = 0: k1 = 1: k2 = 1
s1 = 260
t1 = Timer
For j1 = 1 To 1536
For j2 = 1 To 1536
If j1 = j2 Then GoTo 20
j10 = j1: j20 = 1: sht1 = "LnsB3": GoSub 100 'Read Sudoku Comparable Square 1
j10 = j2: j20 = 2: sht1 = "LnsB3": GoSub 100 'Read Sudoku Comparable Square 2
For j4 = 1 To 64
a(j4) = b(1, j4) + 8 * b(2, j4) + 1
Next j4
GoSub 300: If fl1 = 0 Then GoTo 20 'Check identical numbers
n9 = n9 + 1: GoSub 740 'Print results (selected numbers)
' n9 = n9 + 1: GoSub 750 'Print results (squares)
20 Next j2
10 Next j1
t2 = Timer
t10 = Str(t2 - t1) + " sec., " + Str(n9) + " Solutions for sum" + Str(s1)
y = MsgBox(t10, 0, "Routine CnstrSqrs8b")
End
' Read Sudoku Comparable Squares (Line Format)
100 For i1 = 1 To 64
b(j20, i1) = Sheets(sht1).Cells(j10, i1).Value
Next i1
Return
' Check identical numbers
300 fl1 = 1
For i1 = 1 To 64
a2 = a(i1)
For i2 = (1 + i1) To 64
If a2 = a(i2) Then fl1 = 0: Return
Next i2
Next i1
Return
' Print results (selected numbers)
740 Cells(n9, 64).Select
For i1 = 1 To 64
Cells(n9, i1).Value = a(i1)
Next i1
Cells(n9, 65).Value = j1
Cells(n9, 66).Value = j2
Return
' Print results (squares)
750 n2 = n2 + 1
If n2 = 5 Then
n2 = 1: k1 = k1 + 9: k2 = 1
Else
If n9 > 1 Then k2 = k2 + 9
End If
Cells(k1, k2 + 1).Select
Cells(k1, k2 + 1).Font.Color = -4165632
Cells(k1, k2 + 1).Value = n9
i3 = 0
For i1 = 1 To 8
For i2 = 1 To 8
i3 = i3 + 1
Cells(k1 + i1, k2 + i2).Value = a(i3)
Next i2
Next i1
Return
End Sub
