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".
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;
}
};