ZigZag Convert

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".

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#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
class Solution {
public:
	string convert(string s, int nRows) {
		if (nRows == 1)
			return s;
		string result[nRows];
		int idx=-1,step = 1;
		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
		{
			idx = idx + step;
			if (idx == nRows)
			{
				idx = idx - 2;
				step= -1;
			}
			else if (idx == -1)
			{
				idx = 1;
				step = 1;
			}
			result[idx] += s[i];
		}

		string ans = result[0];
		for (int i = 1; i < nRows; i++)
			ans += result[i];
		return ans;

		/*if (s == "")return s;
		vector<vector<char>> matrix;
		for (int i = 0; i< nRows; ++i)
		{
			vector<char> tmp;
			matrix.push_back(tmp);
		}
		int length = s.length();
		int i = 0;
		while (i <length)
		{
			for (int m = 0; m < nRows && i <length; ++m, ++i)
				matrix[m].push_back(s[i]);
			for (int n = nRows - 2; n > 0 && i <length; --n, ++i)
				matrix[n].push_back(s[i]);
		}
		string res = "";
		for (int i = 0; i < nRows; ++i)
		for (int j = 0; j < matrix[i].size(); ++j)
			res += matrix[i][j];
		return res;*/
	}
};
void main()
{
	string s = "abcdefghijk";
	int nRows = 5;
	Solution  so;
	string ans = so.convert(s,3);
	cout << ans << endl;
}