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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} magic (@var{n})
##
## Create an @var{n}-by-@var{n} magic square. Note that @code{magic
## (@var{2})} is undefined since there is no 2-by-2 magic square.
##
## @end deftypefn

function A = magic(n)

  if (nargin != 1)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (n != floor (n) || n < 0 || n == 2)
    error ("magic: n must be an positive integer not equal to 2");
  endif

  if (n == 0)

    A = [];

  elseif (mod (n, 2) == 1)

    shift = floor ((0:n*n-1)/n);
    c = mod ([1:n*n] - shift + (n-3)/2, n);
    r = mod ([n*n:-1:1] + 2*shift, n);
    A (c*n+r+1) = 1:n*n;
    A = reshape (A, n, n);

  elseif (mod (n, 4) == 0)

    A = reshape (1:n*n, n, n)';
    I = [1:4:n, 4:4:n];
    J = fliplr (I);
    A(I,I) = A(J,J);
    I = [2:4:n, 3:4:n];
    J = fliplr (I);
    A(I,I) = A(J,J);

  elseif (mod (n, 4) == 2)

    m = n/2;
    A = magic (m);
    A = [A, A+2*m*m; A+3*m*m, A+m*m];
    k = (m-1)/2;
    if (k>1)
      I = 1:m;
      J = [2:k, n-k+2:n];
      A([I,I+m],J) = A([I+m,I],J);
    endif
    I = [1:k, k+2:m];
    A([I,I+m],1) = A([I+m,I],1);
    I = k + 1;
    A([I,I+m],I) = A([I+m,I],I);
  
  endif

endfunction

%!test
%! for i=3:30
%!   A=magic(i);
%!   assert(norm(diff([sum(diag(A)),sum(diag(flipud(A))),sum(A),sum(A')])),0)
%! endfor
%!assert(isempty(magic(0)));
%!assert(magic(1),1);
%!error magic(2)