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 s, int numRows);
Example 1:
Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 3
Output: "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"
Example 2:
Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 4
Output: "PINALSIGYAHRPI"
Explanation:
P I N
A L S I G
Y A H R
P I
思路:一看就知道是找规律的题,小学的时候最讨厌这种类型的题目了,老老实实的推算吧
很容易的发现了规律,把图上的Z字型分为两种数据,第一种是竖排,第二种是斜排(黄色标记)
竖排数字之间的相差的值是一定的,与numRows值相结合,发现,相差值是2*numRows-2。
每个黄色数字也是有规律的
黄色数字是 它的下一个竖排数字减去 2倍的黄色数字所在的行数,即k-2*i(k是下一个竖排数字,i是该黄色数字所在的行数)。
或者也可以这么理解黄色数字是 上一个竖排数字,加上2*numRows-2之后,再减去2倍的黄色数字所在的行数,即j+2 * numRows-2-2*i
代码如下:
package com.Ryan;
public class ZigZagConversion {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String string = "PAYPALISHIRING";
int numRows = 3;
System.out.println(convert(string, numRows));
}
static String convert(String s, int numRows) {
if (numRows <= 1) {
return s;
}
String reString = "";
int size1 = 2 * numRows - 2;
for (int i = 0; i < numRows; i++) {
for (int j = i; j < s.length(); j += size1) {
reString += s.charAt(j);
int size2 = j + size1 - 2 * i;
if (i != 0 && i != numRows - 1 && size2 < s.length()) {
reString += s.charAt(size2);
}
}
}
return reString;
}
}