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”.
class Solution(object):
def convert(self, s, numRows):
"""
:type s: str
:type numRows: int
:rtype: str
"""
length = len(s)
rows = []
for i in range(numRows):
rows.append([])
i = 0
while i < length:
for idx in range(numRows):
if i < length:
rows[idx].append(s[i])
i += 1
for idy in range(1, numRows-1)[::-1]:
if i < length:
rows[idy].append(s[i])
i += 1
for idz in range(1, numRows):
rows[0].extend(rows[idz]
return ''.join(i for i in rows[0])