1MD3 - Winter 2006 - Assignment #1

Generated for Student ID: 0571661

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 v[], int p) {
	char n;
	int d, c, m;
	for (c = 10, m = p - 8; m-- > c++; ) {
		d = m - c;
		if (4*(d/4) == d) {
			n = v[c];
			v[c] = v[m];
			v[m] = n;
		}
	}
}

void g(char u[], int a) {
	int x, q;
	x = 3;
	q = a - 8;

	while (++x < --q) {
		printf("%c", u[q - x]);
	}

	printf("\n\n");
}

int main() {
	int r, w, b;
	char z[] =
		"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(z);
	r = 3;
	w = b + 9;

	do {
		f(z, b);
		g(z, b);
	} while (r++ <= w--);

	return 0;
}