1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1
Generated for Student ID: 0383077
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);
a = 2;
b = v - 2;
do {
f(p, v);
g(p, v);
} while (--b > ++a);
return 0;
}
void g(char w[], int z) {
int n, r;
n = 7;
r = z - 3;
while (--r >= n) {
printf("%c", w[r - n]);
}
printf("\n\n");
}
void f(char q[], int d) {
char m;
int x, y, c;
for (y = 4, c = d - 8; y <= c--; ) {
x = c - y;
if (3*(x/3) == x) {
m = q[y];
q[y] = q[c];
q[c] = m;
}
}
}