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Binary Palindrome and Near Magic Square (Posted on 2016-01-21) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find a 3x3 matrix each of whose 9 entries is formed entirely by a non leading zeroes binary palindrome and:
The sum of each of the three rows = The sum of each of the three columns = the sum of exactly one of the two main diagonals = 477 (base ten)

*** Disregard rotations and reflections.

**** All the nine entries MUST be distinct.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Three solutions:

 27 297 153
 255 129 93
 195 51 231

 51 297 129
 231 153 93
 195 27 255

 93 255 129
 231 195 51
 153 27 297
 
 
 DefDbl A-Z
 Dim crlf$, bpal(100), used(100), grid(3, 3), bpPtr
 
 
 Private Sub Form_Load()
  Form1.Visible = True
  
  Text1.Text = ""
  crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
  
  For i = 1 To 477
    bi$ = base$(i, 2)
    If isPal(bi) Then
      bpPtr = bpPtr + 1
      bpal(bpPtr) = i
      Text1.Text = Text1.Text & i & crlf
    End If
  Next
  Text1.Text = Text1.Text & bpPtr & crlf & crlf
  
  addOn 1, 1
 
  Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf & " done"
   
 End Sub
 
 Sub addOn(row, col)
   DoEvents
   For i = 1 To bpPtr
     If used(i) = 0 Then
       used(i) = 1
       grid(row, col) = i
       rowtot = 0
       For j = 1 To col
         rowtot = rowtot + bpal(grid(row, j))
       Next
       good = 1
       If row = 3 Then
         t = bpal(grid(1, col)) + bpal(grid(2, col)) + bpal(grid(3, col))
         If t <> 477 Then
          good = 0
         End If
       End If
       If col = 3 Then
         If rowtot <> 477 Then
          good = 0
         End If
       End If
       If good Then
         If col < 3 Then
           addOn row, col + 1
         Else
           If row < 3 Then
             addOn row + 1, 1
           Else
            If bpal(grid(1, 1)) + bpal(grid(2, 2)) + bpal(grid(3, 3)) = 477 Or bpal(grid(1, 3)) + bpal(grid(2, 2)) + bpal(grid(3, 1)) = 477 Then
              If grid(1, 1) < grid(1, 3) And grid(1, 1) < grid(3, 3) And grid(1, 1) < grid(3, 1) Then
                If grid(1, 3) < grid(3, 1) Then
                 For r = 1 To 3
                 For c = 1 To 3
                   Text1.Text = Text1.Text & Str(bpal(grid(r, c)))
                 Next
                 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf
                 Next
                 Text1.Text = Text1.Text & crlf
                End If
              End If
            End If
           End If
         End If
       End If
       used(i) = 0
     End If
   Next
 End Sub
 
 Function base$(n, b)
   v$ = ""
   n2 = n
   Do
     d = n2 Mod b
     n2 = n2 \ b
     v$ = LTrim(Str(d)) + v$
   Loop Until n2 = 0
   base$ = v$
 End Function
 
 Function isPal(s$)
  good = 1
 
  For i = 1 To Len(s$) / 2
    If Mid$(s$, i, 1) <> Mid$(s$, Len(s$) + 1 - i, 1) Then good = 0: Exit For
  Next
  isPal = good
 End Function
 


  Posted by Charlie on 2016-01-21 15:48:43
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