1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0454877

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);

void f(char w[], int b) {
	int z, y;
	for (z = 5, y = b - 7; --y >= z; ) {
		printf("%c", w[y - z]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}

int main() {
	int v, n, p;
	char a[] =
		"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";

	p = strlen(a);
	v = 4;
	n = p * 1;

	while (v < --n) {
		f(a, p);
		g(a, p);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char x[], int u) {
	char c;
	int m, d, r;
	d = 6;
	r = u - 10;

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