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"
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class Solution { public: string convert(string s, int nRows) { if(1 == nRows) return s; string res; int len = s.length(); for(int i=0;i<nRows;i++) { for(int k = i; k<len; k+=(2*nRows - 2)) { res += s[k]; int v = k + 2*(nRows - 1 - i); if(i != 0 && i != nRows - 1 && v < len) res += s[v]; } } return res; } };