leetcode:ZigZag Conversion

  public String convert(String s, int numRows) {
        String str;
if(numRows == 1){
str = s;
}
else{
char[]n = new char[s.length()];
n = s.toCharArray();
List<Character>  list = new ArrayList<Character>();
int total = numRows*2 -2;
StringBuilder sb= new StringBuilder();
for(int j=0;j<numRows;j++){
int i = j;
int temp = total - i*2;
while(i<s.length()){
list.add(n[i]);
if (temp == 0) temp = total - temp;
         i += temp;
         temp = total - temp;
}
}


for(int ni=0;ni<list.size();ni++)
{
sb.append(list.get(ni));


}
str = sb.toString();

}
return str;
    }