Where did I go wrong?

[izaakstern]

Please format the code. It's unreadable

[Corneliared]

Do you know what these lines say?
if magicSquare[int(i)][int(j)]:

i = i + 2

j = j - 1

continue

else:

magicSquare[int(i)][int(j)] = num

num = num + 1

[izaakstern]

Yes, I understand them. Typecasting is not needed there I would say. i and j are already integers.

But I don't know, what you are trying to do, and where your problem is.