leetcode 38: Count and Say

class Solution {
public:
    string countAndSay(int n) {
        string s="1";
        if(n==1)
            return s;
        string res;
        n--;
        while(n--)
        {
            res.clear();
            helper(s,res);
            s=res;
        }
        return res;
    }
    void helper(string s,string& res){
        if(s.empty())
            return;
        int sum=1,i;
        for(i=1;i<s.size();i++)
        {   
            if(s[i]!=s[0])
                break;
            sum++;
        }
        res.push_back(sum+'0');
        res.push_back(s[0]);
        helper(s.substr(i),res);
    }
};