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 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 nRows) {
vector<string> store(nRows);
int index=0;int flag=0;
for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++){
if(!flag){
store[index]+=s[i];
if(index==nRows-1){
if(index)index--;
flag=1;
continue;
}
index++;
continue;
}
store[index]+=s[i];
if(index==0){
if(index<nRows-1)index++;
flag=0;
continue;
}
index--;
}
string str;
for(int i=0;i<nRows;i++)str+=store[i];
return str;
}
};