The count-and-say sequence is the sequence of integers with the first five terms as following:
1. 1
2. 11
3. 21
4. 1211
5. 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 where 1 ≤ n ≤ 30, generate the nth term of the count-and-say sequence.
Note: Each term of the sequence of integers will be represented as a string.
Solution1
public class Solution1 {
public String countAndSay(int n) {
String before = "1";
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(before);
char count, num;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
sb = new StringBuilder();
int j = 0;
while (j < before.length()) {
num = before.charAt(j++);
count = 1;
while (j < before.length() && num == before.charAt(j)) {
j++;
count++;
}
count += '0';
sb.append(count);
sb.append(num);
}
before = sb.toString();
}
return sb.toString();
}
}