Code for brute force

I have a code that generate some combinations for a specific sum from a given data set. This code has two errors.

1. code does not look into data. it generates
2. Code generate those combinations for which sum is greater than target value.
e.g first combination code generates is 3+7+10+12+12

This wrong by two means sum is 1) 44 while we need 40 2) 12 is not in data.

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Here is workbook. Book1.xlsm

sheet 1 is data
sheet 2 contains desired calculated as example for three possible combinations for 40.
Now I want to generate all possible combinations for 40 from the given data as described in formula of sum. while code above is not helping.

It appears to me that the code is working just fine.

1. code does not look into data. it generates
2. Code generate those combinations for which sum is greater than target value.
e.g first combination code generates is 3+7+10+12+12

This wrong by two means sum is 1) 44 while we need 40 2) 12 is not in data.

What you need to realize is that i, j, k, and l are not the actual data values being summed. These values represent the position in the array that lead to the desired solution. Rather than 3+7+10+12+12, these values actually mean data(3)+data(7)+data(10)+data(12)+data(12)=4+7+9+10+10=40. If you want the message box to show the actual data being summed rather than the position in the array, then you will need to modify the messagebox statements accordingly.