1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0553483

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 x[], int y) {
	char q;
	int n, d, m;
	for (d = 5, m = y - 2; --m > ++d; ) {
		n = m - d;
		if (3*(n/3) == n) {
			q = x[d];
			x[d] = x[m];
			x[m] = q;
		}
	}
}

void f(char w[], int u) {
	int b, c;
	b = 7;
	c = u - 2;

	while (--c >= ++b) {
		printf("%c", w[c - b]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}

int main() {
	int p, r, a;
	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";

	a = strlen(z);
	p = 8;
	r = a + 4;

	do {
		f(z, a);
		g(z, a);
	} while (++p <= r);

	return 0;
}