1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0544376

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 g(char b[], int r) {
	char m;
	int p, c, y;
	c = 8;
	y = r - 6;

	do {
		p = y - c;
		if (2*(p/2) == p) {
			m = b[c];
			b[c] = b[y];
			b[y] = m;
		}
	} while (y-- >= c++);
}

int main() {
	int v, z, n;
	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";

	n = strlen(a);
	v = 1;
	z = n - 2;

	while (--z > ++v) {
		f(a, n);
		g(a, n);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char w[], int x) {
	int u, q;
	for (u = 4, q = x - 4; u <= --q; ) {
		printf("%c", w[q - u]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}