1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0568063

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 f(char c[], int n) {
	char q;
	int d, y, v;
	y = 2;
	v = n - 4;

	do {
		d = v - y;
		if (4*(d/4) == d) {
			q = c[y];
			c[y] = c[v];
			c[v] = q;
		}
	} while (++y <= v);
}

void g(char w[], int u) {
	int b, m;
	b = 1;
	m = u - 10;

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

	printf("\n\n");
}

int main() {
	int z, a, x;
	char r[] =
		"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";

	x = strlen(r);
	for (z = 0, a = x - 1; a-- >= z++; ) {
		f(r, x);
		g(r, x);
	}

	return 0;
}