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"
.
public class Solution {
public String convert(String s, int nRows) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
if(nRows == 1)
return s;
String [] rows = new String[nRows];
boolean flag = true;
for(int r=0; r<nRows; r++)
rows[r] = "";
for(int i=0, r=0; i<s.length(); i++){
rows[r] += s.charAt(i);
r = flag? (r+1):(r-1);
if(r%(nRows-1) == 0)
flag = !flag;
}
String res = "";
for(int i=0; i<nRows; i++)
res += rows[i];
return res;
}
}
This code is slow, should use a better one. Don't use Array of String.
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LL's solution:
public class Solution {
public String convert(String s, int nRows) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
if(nRows == 1||s.length()<nRows)
return s;
int inc = 2*nRows-2;
String zigzag = "";
int l = s.length();
for(int row = 0; row<nRows; row++){
int index = row;
int inc2 = inc-2*row;
while(index<l){
zigzag += s.charAt(index);
//if not first or last row, need to add another char
if(row != 0 && row != nRows-1 && index+inc2<l)
zigzag += s.charAt(index+inc2);
index += inc;
}
}
return zigzag;
}
}
NOTE: need to check index+inc2<l, otherwise out of range may occur.