LeetCode | ZigZag Conversion

6.ZigZag Conversion

Description

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   R

And 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 s, int numRows);

Example

Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 3
Output: "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"

Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 4
Output: "PINALSIGYAHRPI"
Explanation:

P     I    N
A   L S  I G
Y A   H R
P     I

Solution: (Java)

class Solution {
    public String convert(String s, int numRows) {
        if (numRows == 1) {
            return s;
        }
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        int zrows, gaplength, index=0;
        zrows = numRows - 2;
        gaplength = numRows + zrows;
        for (int i = 0; i < numRows; i++){
            if (i != 0 && i != numRows-1) {
                index = i;
                int count = 0;
                int firstadd = gaplength - i*2;
                while (index < s.length()) {
                    result.append(s.charAt(index));
                    count++;
                    if (count%2 == 0) {
                        index += (gaplength-firstadd);
                    } else {
                        index += firstadd;
                    }

                }
            } else {
                index = i;
                while (index < s.length()) {
                    result.append(s.charAt(index));
                    index += gaplength;
                }

            }
        }
        return result.toString();
    }
}

思路：按行访问，找出规律即可，特别注意 numRows == 1这种特殊情况，否则会进入死循环导致内存溢出。