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"
.
answer:
class Solution {
public:
string convert(string s, int numRows) {
string* blacket = new string[numRows * 2];
string result = "";
int index = 0;
bool flag = false;
if(numRows == 1)
return s;
for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i ++){
if(!flag && (index < numRows)){
blacket[index ++] += s[i];
}
else if(index == numRows){
index -= 2;
flag = true;
}
if(flag){
if(index > 0){
blacket[index --] += s[i];
}
else{
blacket[index ++] += s[i];
flag = false;
}
}
}
for(int i = 0; i < numRows * 2; i ++){
result += blacket[i];
}
delete[] blacket;
return result;
}
};