Problem 1087. Magic is simple (for beginners)

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Anshul Kumar Yadav on 4 Nov 2020 at 12:54

m= magic_sum(n)
z=magic(n);
m=sum(z(:));

why this aint working

HARSH RAITHATHA on 16 Nov 2020 at 7:27

@Anshul, Because here we want the sum of particular row, and your soln defines the sum of all the elements in the matrix!

Anshul Kumar Yadav on 26 Nov 2020 at 3:21

@harsh thanks

Solution 2516498

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Raghunadh N on 11 Jun 2020

nice question

Umar farooq Mohammad on 2 Oct 2020

Good one

Solution 2132025

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Sankari Narne on 18 Feb 2020

function m = magic_sum(n)
x = magic(n);
y = sum(x);
m= randsample(y,1);
end
why it is wrong?

Solution 1936838

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Umur Ulas Harman on 25 Jun 2020

function m = magic_sum(n)
t=magic(n)
m=sum(t(1:n));
end

Layale Bazzi on 21 Nov 2020 at 22:38

temp=sum(magic(n),1); m=temp(1);

Solution 1935707

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Lohendran letchmanan on 14 Sep 2019

its hard

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