Question
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”.
*Difficulty: Easy
https://leetcode.com/problems/zigzag-conversion/
My Solution
public class Solution {
public String convert(String s, int numRows) {
if(s.length() <= 1 || numRows == 1) return s;
char[] ary = s.toCharArray();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
int n = numRows-1;
for(int j = 0; j < numRows; j++){
int currId = j;
if(currId < ary.length) sb.append(""+ary[currId]);
while( currId < ary.length){
if(j != 0 && j != n){
//zig
currId += 2*(n-j);
if(currId< ary.length) sb.append(""+ary[currId]);
//vertical
currId += 2*j;
if(currId< ary.length){
sb.append(""+ary[currId]);
}
}else{
currId +=2*n;
if(currId < ary.length) sb.append(""+ary[currId]);
}
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
}