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NAME

Math::MagicSquare - Magic Square Checker

SYNOPSIS

use Math::MagicSquare;

$a= Math::MagicSquare -> new ([num,...,num],
                               ...,
                              [num,...,num]);
$a->print("string");
$a->printhtml;
$a->check;

DESCRIPTION

The following methods are available:

new

Constructor arguments are a list of references to arrays of the same length.

$a = Math::MagicSquare -> new ([num,...,num],
                                ...,
                               [num,...,num]);

check

This function can return 4 value

  • 0: the Square is not Magic

  • 1: the Square is a Semimagic Square (the sum of the rows and the columns is equal)

  • 2: the Square is a Magic Square (the sum of the rows, the columns and the diagonals is equal)

  • 3: the Square ia Panmagic Square (the sum of the rows, the columns, the diagonals and the broken diagonals is equal)

print

Prints the Square on STDOUT. If the method has additional parameters, these are printed before the Magic Square is printed.

printhtml

Prints the Square on STDOUT in an HTML format (exactly a inside a TABLE)

rotation

Rotates the Magic Square of 90 degree clockwise

EXAMPLE

   use Math::MagicSquare;

   $A = Math::MagicSquare -> new ([8,1,6],
                                  [3,5,7],
                                  [4,9,2]);
   $A->print("Magic Square A:\n");
   $A->printhtml;
   $i=$A->check;
   if($i == 2) {print "This is a Magic Square.\n";}
   $A->rotation();
   $A->print("Rotation:\n");

This is the output:
   Magic Square A:
       8     1     6 
       3     5     7 
       4     9     2 
   <TABLE border=3 width="2" height="2" cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1>
   <TR>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>8</B></font></TD>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>1</B></font></TD>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>6</B></font></TD>
   </TR>
   <TR>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>3</B></font></TD>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>5</B></font></TD>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>7</B></font></TD>
   </TR>
   <TR>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>4</B></font></TD>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>9</B></font></TD>
   <TD align=right><FONT size=+2><B>2</B></font></TD>
   </TR>
   </TABLE>
   This is a Magic Square.
   Rotation:
       4     3     8 
       9     5     1 
       2     7     6

AUTHOR

Fabrizio Pivari pivari@geocities.com
member of ANFACE Software http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/4794/

Copyright

Copyright 1998, Fabrizio Pivari pivari@geocities.com
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.

Availability

The latest version of this library is likely to be available from:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3469/
and at any CPAN mirror

Information about Magic Square

Do you like Magic Square?
Do you want to know more information about Magic Square?
Try to visit
A very good introduction on Magic Square

http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~eww6n/math/MagicSquare.html

http://www.pse.che.tohoku.ac.jp/~msuzuki/MagicSquare.html

A good collection of strange Magic Square

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3469/examples.html

The only Magic Square checker and gif maker in Internet (I think)

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3469/squaremaker.html