1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0570080

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, r, b;
	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";

	b = strlen(u);
	w = 0;
	r = b / 7;

	while (r-- >= w++) {
		f(u, b);
		g(u, b);
	}

	return 0;
}

void f(char c[], int n) {
	char m;
	int y, q, v;
	for (q = 6, v = n - 2; q++ <= v--; ) {
		y = v - q;
		if (4*(y/4) == y) {
			m = c[q];
			c[q] = c[v];
			c[v] = m;
		}
	}
}

void g(char a[], int x) {
	int z, d;
	z = 7;
	d = x - 8;

	do {
		printf("%c", a[d - z]);
	} while (++z < --d);

	printf("\n\n");
}