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"
.Solution:
class Solution {
public:
string convert(string s, int numRows) {
vector<string> ans(numRows);
string sol;
if (s.empty() || numRows == 1)
return s;
// metadata for number of vector<string>
bool flag = false;
int j = 0;
int size = s.size();
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if (flag == false) {
ans[j++].push_back(s[i]);
flag = (j == numRows ? true : false);
if (flag == true)
j--;
} else {
ans[--j].push_back(s[i]);
flag = (j == 0 ? false : true);
if (flag == false)
j++;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < numRows; i++) {
sol += ans[i];
}
return sol;
}
};
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