1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0564014

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 z, a, w;
	char u[] =
		"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";

	w = strlen(u);
	for (z = 1, a = w - 4; a-- >= z++; ) {
		f(u, w);
		g(u, w);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char n[], int q) {
	char y;
	int d, v, m;
	v = 9;
	m = q - 8;

	do {
		d = m - v;
		if (2*(d/2) == d) {
			y = n[v];
			n[v] = n[m];
			n[m] = y;
		}
	} while (m-- > v++);
}

void g(char x[], int r) {
	int b, c;
	b = 3;
	c = r - 10;

	while (b <= --c) {
		printf("%c", x[c - b]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}