1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0545760

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 d[], int r) {
	char m;
	int n, x, u;
	x = 1;
	u = r - 6;

	while (--u > ++x) {
		n = u - x;
		if (4*(n/4) == n) {
			m = d[x];
			d[x] = d[u];
			d[u] = m;
		}
	}
}

int main() {
	int c, q, b;
	char z[] =
		"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";

	b = strlen(z);
	c = 5;
	q = b - 1;

	do {
		f(z, b);
		g(z, b);
	} while (c <= --q);

	return 0;
}

void f(char v[], int w) {
	int p, y;
	for (p = 9, y = w - 8; y-- >= p++; ) {
		printf("%c", v[y - p]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}