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”.

string convert(string s, int numRows) {
    if (numRows <= 0)
        return "";
    if (numRows == 1 || numRows >= s.length())
        return s;
    int len = s.length();
    string str = "";
    for (int i = 0; i < len && i < numRows; i++){
        str += s[i];
        int index = i;
        for (int k = 1; index < len; k++){
            if (i == 0 || i == numRows - 1)index += 2 * (numRows - 1);
            else{
                if (k & 0x1)index += 2 * (numRows - i - 1);
                else index += 2 * i;
            }
            if (index < len)str += s[index];
        }
    }
    return str;
}