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 text, int nRows);
convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 3)
should return "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"
.
public class Solution {
public String convert(String s, int numRows) {
String[] v = new String[numRows];
Arrays.fill(v, 0, numRows, "");
for (int i = 0; i < s.length();) {
for (int j = 0; i < s.length() && j < numRows; ++i, ++j)
v[j] += s.charAt(i);
for (int j = numRows - 2; i < s.length() && j > 0; ++i, --j)
v[j] += s.charAt(i);
}
String res = "";
for (int i = 0; i < numRows; ++i)
res += v[i];
return res;
}
}