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Re: I have a confession to make...

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On 15/08/2021 22:14, Vir Campestris wrote:
> I've been writing C, and more lately C++, since some time in the 1980s.
> 
> I've just written a goto. I know it's evil, and I shouldn't do it, but 
> just this once...
> 
> And it isn't in any of the serious stuff I do in may day job either.
> 
> You all know what a magic square is - a square where all the columns, 
> rows, and diagonals add up to the same value.
> 
> I'm messing about doing it for a cube. Wikipedia says you can't for 
> small cubes.
> 
> I have a square for the base, and a centre value, and therefore I can 
> work out all the values for the top square as they are on diagonals with 
> one of the bottom values and the centre one.
> 
> I therefore have 3 nested loops: centre value, X and Y coordinates.
> 
> And if I don't like the result I jump out of the X Y loops. Which is 
> where I have that goto.

I can't believe you've never had a similar requirement in the last 
approx 35 years.

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I have a confession to make... Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-15 22:14 +0100
  Re: I have a confession to make... Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-08-15 14:44 -0700
    Re: I have a confession to make... Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2021-08-15 15:56 -0700
      Re: I have a confession to make... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-08-16 01:50 +0100
  Re: I have a confession to make... Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-08-16 00:18 +0100
  Re: I have a confession to make... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2021-08-15 20:31 -0400
  Re: I have a confession to make... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-08-16 08:20 +0200
    Re: I have a confession to make... "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-08-15 23:21 -0700
    Re: I have a confession to make... Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-17 21:43 +0100
  Re: I have a confession to make... Mark Bluemel <mark.bluemel@gmail.com> - 2021-08-16 00:32 -0700
    Re: I have a confession to make... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-08-16 14:21 +0100
      Re: I have a confession to make... Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-08-16 17:48 +0100
      Re: I have a confession to make... Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-09-06 06:30 -0700
        Re: I have a confession to make... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-09-06 18:04 +0200

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