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"
.
using namespace std;
class Solution {
public:
string convert(string s, int numRows) {
string r[numRows];
int i = 0, j;
while(i < s.size()){
for(j = 0; i < s.size() && j < numRows; ++j)
r[j] += s[i++];
for(j = numRows-2; i < s.size() && j > 0; --j)
r[j] += s[i++];
}
string str;
for(i = 0; i < numRows; ++i)
str += r[i];
return str;
}
};