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 numRows) {
string result;
if(numRows == 1)
return s;
for(int i = 0; i < numRows; i++)
{
int j = i;
bool flag = true;
while(j < s.size())
{
result.push_back(s[j]);
if(i == 0 || i == (numRows - 1))
j += 2 * (numRows -1);
else
{
if(flag)
{
j += 2 * (numRows - 1 - i);
flag = false;
}
else
{
j += 2 * i;
flag = true;
}
}
}
}
return result;
}
};