6. ZigZag Conversion

public String convert( String s, int nRows) {
    char [] c = s.toCharArray();
    int len = c.length;
    StringBuffer[] sb = new StringBuffer[nRows];
    for ( int i = 0 ; i < sb.length; i++) sb[i] = new StringBuffer();
   
    int i = 0 ;
    while (i < len) {
        for ( int idx = 0 ; idx < nRows && i < len; idx++) // vertically down
            sb[idx]. append (c[i++]);
        for ( int idx = nRows -2 ; idx >= 1 && i < len; idx--) // obliquely up
            sb[idx]. append (c[i++]);
    }
    for ( int idx = 1 ; idx < sb.length; idx++)
        sb[ 0 ]. append (sb[idx]);
    return sb[ 0 ].toString();
}