leetcode[6] ZigZag Conversion

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" .

class Solution {
public:
	string convert(string s, int numRows) {
		if (numRows != 1) {
			string ss = "";
			int l = s.length() / (numRows * 2 - 2);
			int num = numRows * 2 - 2;
			for (int i = 0; i < numRows; i++) {
				for (int j = 0; j <= l; j++) {
					if (j*num + i < s.length())
						ss = ss + s[j*num + i];
					if (i != 0 && i != numRows - 1) {
						if (j*num + num - i < s.length())
							ss = ss + s[j*num + num - i];
					}
				}
			}
			return ss;
		}
		else return s;
	}
};