Question:
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 static String countAndSay(int n) {
if (n == 1) {
return "1";
}
String s = "1";
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
int count = 0;
int round = 0;
int i;
while (++round < n) {
count = 1;
sb.setLength(0);
for (i = 1; i < s.length(); i++) {
if (s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(i - 1)) {
count++;
} else {
sb.append(count);
sb.append(s.charAt(i-1));
count = 1;
}
}
sb.append(count);
sb.append(s.charAt(i-1));
s = sb.toString();
}
return sb.toString();
}
}