1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0369864

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

	a = strlen(w);
	for (b = 8, v = a / 9; v >= b++; ) {
		f(w, a);
		g(w, a);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char p[], int n) {
	int z, q;
	z = 7;
	q = n - 8;

	do {
		printf("%c", p[q - z]);
	} while (z++ < q);

	printf("\n\n");
}

void f(char c[], int d) {
	char x;
	int y, r, m;
	r = 4;
	m = d - 7;

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