1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0558741

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);

int main() {
	int w, z, u;
	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";

	u = strlen(b);
	for (w = 5, z = u + 8; w <= --z; ) {
		f(b, u);
		g(b, u);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char c[], int q) {
	char x;
	int m, n, v;
	n = 6;
	v = q - 3;

	while (--v >= ++n) {
		m = v - n;
		if (2*(m/2) == m) {
			x = c[n];
			c[n] = c[v];
			c[v] = x;
		}
	}
}

void g(char r[], int p) {
	int a, y;
	a = 1;
	y = p - 10;

	do {
		printf("%c", r[y - a]);
	} while (--y > ++a);

	printf("\n\n");
}