The string "PAYPALISHIRING"
is written in a zigzag pattern on a given number of rows like this: (you may want to display this pattern in a fixed font for better legibility)
P A H N A P L S I I G Y I RAnd then read line by line:
"PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"
Write the code that will take a string and make this conversion given a number of rows:
string convert(string text, int nRows);
convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 3)
should return
"PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"
.
public String convert(String s, int nRows) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
if(nRows == 1){
return s;
}
ArrayList<ArrayList<Character>> charLists = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Character>>();
for (int i = 0; i < nRows; i++) {
charLists.add(new ArrayList<Character>());
}
char[] cs = s.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (i % (nRows - 1) == 0) {
int j = 0;
for (j = i; j < cs.length && j < i + nRows; j++) {
charLists.get(j - i).add(cs[j]);
}
i = j - 1;
} else {
int row = charLists.size() - 1 - i % (nRows - 1);
charLists.get(row).add(cs[i]);
}
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (ArrayList<Character> charList : charLists) {
for (char c : charList) {
sb.append(c);
}
}
return sb.toString();
}