Count and Say Java

The count-and-say sequence is the sequence of integers beginning as follows:
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...

1 is read off as "one 1" or 11.
11 is read off as "two 1s" or 21.
21 is read off as "one 2, then one 1" or 1211.

Given an integer n, generate the nth sequence.

Note: The sequence of integers will be represented as a string.

Have you been asked this question in an interview? 

Example:
n = 1, print "1"
n = 2, print "2 1"
n = 3, print "1 2 1 1"
n = 4, print "1 1 1 2 2 1"
n = 5, print "3 1 2 2 1 1"
and so on


Key to solve: the String sequence base on
    (count previous number's frequency length + number itself) one by one from beginning
    Time Complexity: O(n*length of String)
    Space Complexity O(length of String)

public class Solution {
    public String countAndSay(int n) {
        //initial base case
         StringBuilder str=new StringBuilder("1");

        for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
            //temp: store for previous case because current case is base on previous one
            StringBuilder temp=new StringBuilder();
            int head=0;
            int len=str.length();
            for(int j=1;j<len;j++){
                if(str.charAt(j)!=str.charAt(j-1)) {
                    int frequency=j-head;
                    temp.append(frequency).append(str.charAt(head));
                    head=j;
                }
            }
            int frequency2=len-head;
            temp.append(frequency2).append(str.charAt(head));
            str=temp;
        }

        return str.toString();
    }
}




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