1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0550969

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 a[], int z) {
	char u;
	int n, v, p;
	v = 6;
	p = z - 5;

	while (p > v++) {
		n = p - v;
		if (4*(n/4) == n) {
			u = a[v];
			a[v] = a[p];
			a[p] = u;
		}
	}
}

int main() {
	int r, y, c;
	char q[] =
		"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";

	c = strlen(q);
	r = 1;
	y = c + 9;

	do {
		f(q, c);
		g(q, c);
	} while (--y > ++r);

	return 0;
}

void g(char m[], int d) {
	int b, w;
	for (b = 6, w = d - 8; b <= --w; ) {
		printf("%c", m[w - b]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}