【LeetCode with Python】 ZigZag Conversion

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原题页面：https://leetcode.com/problems/zigzag-conversion/
题目类型：下标计算
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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".

Tags: String

下标计算处理，控制好循环条件，下标不要越界即可。

class Solution:
    # @return a string
    def convert(self, s, nRows):
        if 1 == nRows:
            return s

        len_s = len(s)
        piece_len = 2 * (nRows - 1)

        result = ""
        index = 0
        while index < len_s:
            result += s[index]
            index += piece_len
        for m in range(1, nRows - 1):
            index = m
            while index < len_s:
                result += s[index]
                right_index = index + (nRows - m - 1) * 2
                if right_index < len_s:
                    result += s[right_index]
                index += piece_len
        index = nRows - 1
        while index < len_s:
            result += s[index]
            index += piece_len

        return result