1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0563261

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 n[], int v) {
	char d;
	int q, c, p;
	c = 6;
	p = v - 6;

	do {
		q = p - c;
		if (2*(q/2) == q) {
			d = n[c];
			n[c] = n[p];
			n[p] = d;
		}
	} while (--p > ++c);
}

int main() {
	int z, r, b;
	char w[] =
		"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(w);
	for (z = 7, r = b + 4; --r >= z; ) {
		f(w, b);
		g(w, b);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char a[], int x) {
	int u, m;
	u = 3;
	m = x - 6;

	while (u < m--) {
		printf("%c", a[m - u]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}