Question:
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 RAnd 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 nRows) {
if(s==null||s.length()<=1||nRows<=1){
return s;
}
String[] results = new String[nRows];
Arrays.fill(results, "");
int MaxRowNumber = nRows-1;
int n = 2*(MaxRowNumber);
for(int i = 0;i<s.length();i++){
results[MaxRowNumber-Math.abs((MaxRowNumber)-(i%n))] += s.charAt(i);
}
StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
for(int i = 0;i<results.length;i++){
result.append(results[i]);
}
return result.toString();
}
}