1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0448615

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 p, n, a;
	char v[] =
		"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(v);
	for (p = 7, n = a / 1; --n >= p; ) {
		f(v, a);
		g(v, a);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char u[], int c) {
	char x;
	int q, r, m;
	r = 6;
	m = c - 8;

	do {
		q = m - r;
		if (2*(q/2) == q) {
			x = u[r];
			u[r] = u[m];
			u[m] = x;
		}
	} while (--m > ++r);
}

void g(char w[], int z) {
	int b, y;
	b = 4;
	y = z - 11;

	while (b < --y) {
		printf("%c", w[y - b]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}