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 s, int numRows);
Example 1:
Input: s = “PAYPALISHIRING”, numRows = 3
Output: “PAHNAPLSIIGYIR”
Example 2:
Input: s = “PAYPALISHIRING”, numRows = 4
Output: “PINALSIGYAHRPI”
Explanation:
P I N
A L S I G
Y A H R
P I
把字符串“Z”字型排列,然后按行读取。找规律,第一行的字符分别位于原字符串的什么位置,同样判断最后一行以及中间的若干行,找准规律后循环嵌套即可。
class Solution(object):
def convert(self, s, numRows):
"""
:type s: str
:type numRows: int
:rtype: str
"""
if numRows == 1:
return s
res = ''
n = len(s)
cycle_len = 2 * numRows - 2
for i in range(numRows):
for j in range(0, n-i, cycle_len):
res += s[j + i]
if i != 0 and i != numRows - 1 and j + cycle_len - i < n:
res += s[j + cycle_len - i]
return res