*#38：外观数列

给定一个正整数 n ，输出外观数列的第 n 项。

「外观数列」是一个整数序列，从数字 1 开始，序列中的每一项都是对前一项的描述。

你可以将其视作是由递归公式定义的数字字符串序列：

countAndSay(1) = "1"
countAndSay(n) 是对 countAndSay(n-1) 的描述，然后转换成另一个数字字符串。
前五项如下：

1.     1
2.     11
3.     21
4.     1211
5.     111221
第一项是数字 1 
描述前一项，这个数是 1 即 “ 一 个 1 ”，记作 "11"
描述前一项，这个数是 11 即 “ 二 个 1 ” ，记作 "21"
描述前一项，这个数是 21 即 “ 一 个 2 + 一 个 1 ” ，记作 "1211"
描述前一项，这个数是 1211 即 “ 一 个 1 + 一 个 2 + 二 个 1 ” ，记作 "111221"
要 描述 一个数字字符串，首先要将字符串分割为 最小 数量的组，每个组都由连续的最多 相同字符 组成。然后对于每个组，先描述字符的数量，然后描述字符，形成一个描述组。要将描述转换为数字字符串，先将每组中的字符数量用数字替换，再将所有描述组连接起来。

例如，数字字符串 "3322251" 的描述如下图：

 

示例 1：

输入：n = 1
输出："1"
解释：这是一个基本样例。
示例 2：

输入：n = 4
输出："1211"
解释：
countAndSay(1) = "1"
countAndSay(2) = 读 "1" = 一 个 1 = "11"
countAndSay(3) = 读 "11" = 二 个 1 = "21"
countAndSay(4) = 读 "21" = 一 个 2 + 一 个 1 = "12" + "11" = "1211"

方法一：遍历生成
思路

通过阅读题目，我们可以了解到所谓的「外观数列」，其实本质上只是依次统计字符串中连续相同字符的个数。

class Solution{
    public String contAndSay(int n){
        String str="1";
        for(int i=2;i<=n;i++){
            StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
            int start=0;
            int pos=0;
            while(pos<str.length()){
                while(pos<str.length() && str.charAt(pos)==str.charAt(start)){
                    pos++;
                }
                sb.append(Integer.toString(pos-start)).append(str.charAt(start));
                start=pos;
            }
            str=sb.toString();
        }
        return str;
    }
}

方法二：枚举查表
思路与算法

题目中给定的数量限制为1≤n≤30，由于数量很小，我们只需要依次生成前30个countAndSay字符串并将其存储为静态数组，每次直接查询数组中的第n个元素即可。

class Solution {
    public String countAndSay(int n) {
        String[] arr = {
            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        };
        return arr[n];
    }
}