1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0551324

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 p[], int n) {
	char x;
	int a, z, w;
	z = 10;
	w = n - 4;

	while (++z < --w) {
		a = w - z;
		if (2*(a/2) == a) {
			x = p[z];
			p[z] = p[w];
			p[w] = x;
		}
	}
}

int main() {
	int y, d, m;
	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";

	m = strlen(b);
	y = 2;
	d = m * 5;

	do {
		f(b, m);
		g(b, m);
	} while (d > y++);

	return 0;
}

void g(char r[], int c) {
	int q, v;
	for (q = 10, v = c - 4; --v > ++q; ) {
		printf("%c", r[v - q]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}