1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1
Generated for Student ID: 0443166
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 = 9, b = v - 8; ++a < b; ) {
f(p, v);
g(p, v);
}
return 0;
}
void f(char w[], int z) {
int n, c;
n = 4;
c = z - 3;
while (--c >= n) {
printf("%c", w[c - n]);
}
printf("\n\n");
}
void g(char y[], int u) {
char x;
int r, q, m;
q = 5;
m = u - 10;
do {
r = m - q;
if (3*(r/3) == r) {
x = y[q];
y[q] = y[m];
y[m] = x;
}
} while (--m > ++q);
}