1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0361850

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 a, b, v;
	char p[] =
		"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";

	v = strlen(p);
	for (a = 4, b = v - 9; a++ < b; ) {
		f(p, v);
		g(p, v);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char n[], int q) {
	int z, y;
	z = 6;
	y = q - 11;

	do {
		printf("%c", n[y - z]);
	} while (y >= z++);

	printf("\n\n");
}

void f(char c[], int u) {
	char r;
	int x, w, d;
	w = 2;
	d = u - 9;

	while (w++ <= d--) {
		x = d - w;
		if (4*(x/4) == x) {
			r = c[w];
			c[w] = c[d];
			c[d] = r;
		}
	}
}