A method i have to write finds and prints "magic squares" which are numbers that are perfect squares and a sum of consecutive numbers (1+2+3,etc.)
Ex. the first 2 magic squares are 1 and 1225
it seems simple, but what i have doesn't work and i don't know y or where to go from here:
(long1 is initialized as 1, long2 = 1, sum = 0, divisor = 0, perfectSquare = false, numSquares is entered by the user in the main program and it is the number of perfect squares the user wants starting with 1)

public void magicSquare(int numSquares)
{
    while(numSquares>0)
    {
       divisor = long1;
        while(divisor>0)
        { 
            if ((long1/divisor) == divisor)
                 perfectSquare = true;
             divisor;
         }
         if (perfectSquare == true)
         {
             while(sum<long1)
             {
                 sum+=long2;
                 long2+=1;
                 if (sum==long1)
                 {
                     System.out.println(long1);
                      numSquares-=1;
                  }
                }
            }
            long1+=long1;
            sum = 0;
            perfectSquare = false;
            long2 = 1;
      }
}

If anyone could help me with this i would REALLY appreciate it

if ((long1/divisor) == divisor)
perfectSquare = true;
divisor; <--- whats that doin there? I don't think its a proper statement.
}

:)

typo, it should be divisor--;
but nvm, i figured out what was wrong

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