6. ZigZag Conversion*

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 text, int nRows);

convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 3) should return "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR".

My code:

public class Solution {
    public String convert(String s, int numRows) {
        char[] c=s.toCharArray();
        int len = c.length;
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
        if (numRows==1) return s;
        for(int i=0;i<numRows;i++){
            int index=i;
            int flag=0;
            if(i==0||i==numRows-1){
                while(index<len){
                    sb.append(c[index]);
                    index+=2*numRows-2;
                }
            }
            else{
                while(index<len){
                    sb.append(c[index]);
                    if(flag%2==0){
                        index+=2*numRows-2-2*i;
                    }
                    else{
                        index+=2*i;
                    }
                    flag +=1;
                    
                }
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

总结：看了答案提示，不过你真棒。这是本来的思路。

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

利用list的集合实现遍历，横向每层一个list。