1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0055187

Due Date: ???

(You are responsible for verifying that your student number is correct!)
Translate the following C program into Python. Do your best to translate it line by line. In other words, don't write a new Python program from scratch which merely produces the same output; instead try to provide as direct a translation as possible (using the same structure, variable names, and function names.

Useless.c

#include "stdio.h"
#include "string.h"

void f(char[], int);
void g(char[], int);

void f(char q[], int z) {
	char y;
	int w, x, v;
	for (x = 8, v = z - 10; x++ < v; ) {
		w = v - x;
		if (2*(w/2) == w) {
			y = q[x];
			q[x] = q[v];
			q[v] = y;
		}
	}
}

int main() {
	int n, a, m;
	char d[] =
		"Wow, this code is utterly useless!  " \
		"From what kind of deep-seated emotional problems does one have to suffer " \
		"to even conceive of such a ridiculous program?  Meanwhile, the author " \
		"probably labours under the delusion that he's making some clever, " \
		"existentialist comment about the nature of computation.  Sad, really.\n\n";

	m = strlen(d);
	n = 2;
	a = m + 4;

	while (a > ++n) {
		f(d, m);
		g(d, m);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char b[], int p) {
	int c, r;
	c = 7;
	r = p - 3;

	do {
		printf("%c", b[r - c]);
	} while (c++ <= r);

	printf("\n\n");
}