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If it works - it's fine.
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But I'm a bit puzzled by the need for the magic number, too, which is not even square. Did you try my latter code which I tested on the one million numbers file?
Just if you like, contact me via the file exchange author page, I'd be curious to look into detail.
Regards
Andres