1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0461992

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 x[], int u) {
	char c;
	int d, m, r;
	m = 8;
	r = u - 6;

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

int main() {
	int p, n, v;
	char b[] =
		"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(b);
	for (p = 6, n = v * 1; --n >= p; ) {
		f(b, v);
		g(b, v);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char w[], int a) {
	int z, y;
	z = 4;
	y = a - 5;

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

	printf("\n\n");
}