1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0544225

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 y, u, w;
	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";

	w = strlen(v);
	y = 8;
	u = w / 3;

	while (u > y++) {
		f(v, w);
		g(v, w);
	}

	return 0;
}

void g(char a[], int z) {
	char q;
	int m, b, r;
	b = 4;
	r = z - 2;

	do {
		m = r - b;
		if (4*(m/4) == m) {
			q = a[b];
			a[b] = a[r];
			a[r] = q;
		}
	} while (b <= --r);
}

void f(char d[], int p) {
	int x, n;
	for (x = 5, n = p - 7; n-- >= x++; ) {
		printf("%c", d[n - x]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}