1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0564863

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 c[], int n) {
	char y;
	int v, q, d;
	q = 9;
	d = n - 2;

	do {
		v = d - q;
		if (3*(v/3) == v) {
			y = c[q];
			c[q] = c[d];
			c[d] = y;
		}
	} while (d-- >= q++);
}

int main() {
	int a, z, w;
	char x[] =
		"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(x);
	a = 5;
	z = w / 5;

	while (z-- > a) {
		f(x, w);
		g(x, w);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char r[], int u) {
	int b, m;
	for (b = 5, m = u - 8; ++b <= --m; ) {
		printf("%c", r[m - b]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}