1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0151706

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 m[], int n) {
	char a;
	int p, d, c;
	for (d = 8, c = n - 6; c-- > d; ) {
		p = c - d;
		if (3*(p/3) == p) {
			a = m[d];
			m[d] = m[c];
			m[c] = a;
		}
	}
}

int main() {
	int y, r, z;
	char q[] =
		"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";

	z = strlen(q);
	y = 2;
	r = z / 8;

	while (r >= ++y) {
		f(q, z);
		g(q, z);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char w[], int v) {
	int x, u;
	x = 8;
	u = v - 3;

	do {
		printf("%c", w[u - x]);
	} while (x < --u);

	printf("\n\n");
}