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"
Solution:
/*n=numRows
Δ=2n-2 1 2n-1 4n-3
Δ= 2 2n-2 2n 4n-4 4n-2
Δ= 3 2n-3 2n+1 4n-5 .
Δ= . . . . .
Δ= . n+2 . 3n .
Δ= n-1 n+1 3n-3 3n-1 5n-5
Δ=2n-2 n 3n-2 5n-4
*/
Be careful with nR=1 && nR=2
create n rows of StringBuilder
public String convert(String s, int nRows) {
char[] c = s.toCharArray();
int len = c.length;
StringBuffer[] sb = new StringBuffer[nRows];
for (int i = 0; i < sb.length; i++) sb[i] = new StringBuffer();
int i = 0;
while (i < len) {
for (int idx = 0; idx < nRows && i < len; idx++) // vertically down
sb[idx].append(c[i++]);
for (int idx = nRows-2; idx >= 1 && i < len; idx--) // obliquely up
sb[idx].append(c[i++]);
}
for (int idx = 1; idx < sb.length; idx++)
sb[0].append(sb[idx]);
return sb[0].toString();
}
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