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) {
if(numRows<=1||s.size()<=1) return s;
string res;
for(int i=0;i<numRows;i++){
if(i==0||i==numRows-1){
for(int c =i;c<s.length();c+=2*numRows-2){
res += s[c];
}
}else{
bool cg = true;
for(int c=i;c<s.length();){
res +=s[c];
if(cg){
c += 2*(numRows-i-1);
}else{
c += 2*i;
}
cg =!cg;
}
}
}
return res;
}
};