The count-and-say sequence is the sequence of integers beginning as follows:
1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...
1
is read off as "one 1"
or 11
.
11
is read off as "two 1s"
or 21
.
21
is read off as "one 2
, then one 1"
or 1211
.
Given an integer n, generate the nth sequence.
Note: The sequence of integers will be represented as a string.
public class Solution {
public String countAndSay(int n) {
if(n<=0)
return null;
String res = "1";
while( --n>0 ){
res = next(res);
}
return res;
}
private String next(String s){
int len = s.length();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
char num = s.charAt(0);
int count = 0;
for( int i=0; i<len; i++ ){
if(s.charAt(i)==num){
count++;
}else{
sb.append(count);
sb.append(num);
num = s.charAt(i);
count = 1;
}
}
sb.append(count);
sb.append(num);
return sb.toString();
}
}