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 RAnd 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) {
char c[] = s.toCharArray();
int len = c.length;
StringBuffer sb[] = new StringBuffer[numRows];
for(int i = 0; i < sb.length; i++)
sb[i] = new StringBuffer();
int i = 0;
while(i < len) {
for(int j = 0; j < numRows && i < len; i++, j++) {
sb[j].append(c[i]);
}
for(int j = numRows - 2; j > 0 && i < len; i++, j--) {
sb[j].append(c[i]);
}
}
for(int j = 1; j < sb.length; j++) {
sb[0].append(sb[j]);
}
return sb[0].toString();
}
}