1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0465698

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 v[], int w) {
	int z, u;
	for (z = 2, u = w - 6; --u > ++z; ) {
		printf("%c", v[u - z]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}

int main() {
	int n, a, p;
	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";

	p = strlen(b);
	n = 5;
	a = p / 3;

	do {
		f(b, p);
		g(b, p);
	} while (--a > n);

	return 0;
}

void g(char m[], int x) {
	char r;
	int q, c, y;
	c = 5;
	y = x - 7;

	while (c++ < y--) {
		q = y - c;
		if (2*(q/2) == q) {
			r = m[c];
			m[c] = m[y];
			m[y] = r;
		}
	}
}