1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0462082

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, n, p;
	char w[] =
		"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(w);
	a = 4;
	n = p + 6;

	while (--n >= a) {
		f(w, p);
		g(w, p);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char u[], int y) {
	char c;
	int m, r, q;
	for (r = 1, q = y - 9; ++r <= --q; ) {
		m = q - r;
		if (3*(m/3) == m) {
			c = u[r];
			u[r] = u[q];
			u[q] = c;
		}
	}
}

void f(char v[], int z) {
	int b, x;
	b = 8;
	x = z - 11;

	do {
		printf("%c", v[x - b]);
	} while (x-- >= b++);

	printf("\n\n");
}