leetcode：第六题

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
纵向思维考虑，index从0开始，我们要一直自增直到numRows-1，此后又一直自减到0，重复执行。 给个例子容易懂一些：s = “abcdefghijklmn”, numRows = 4

a   g   m
b f h l n
c e i k
d   j

class Solution(object):
    def convert(self, s, numRows):
        """
        :type s: str
        :type numRows: int
        :rtype: str
        """
        if numRows == 1 or numRows >= len(s):
            return s
        res = [''] * numRows
        idx, step = 0, 1
    
        for x in s:
            res[idx] += x
            if idx == 0:  ## 第一行，一直向下走
                step = 1
            elif idx == numRows - 1: ## 最后一行了，向上走
                step = -1
            idx += step
        return ''.join(res)