LeetCode: ZigZag Conversion

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