1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0141177

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);

int main() {
	int m, q, w;
	char n[] =
		"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";

	w = strlen(n);
	m = 7;
	q = w - 4;

	do {
		f(n, w);
		g(n, w);
	} while (q >= m++);

	return 0;
}

void f(char v[], int p) {
	char b;
	int r, d, z;
	for (d = 9, z = p - 4; z > ++d; ) {
		r = z - d;
		if (2*(r/2) == r) {
			b = v[d];
			v[d] = v[z];
			v[z] = b;
		}
	}
}

void g(char y[], int a) {
	int c, x;
	c = 3;
	x = a - 10;

	while (++c <= x) {
		printf("%c", y[x - c]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}