zigzag conversation
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 s, int numRows);
Example 1:
Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 3
Output: "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR"
Example 2:
Input: s = "PAYPALISHIRING", numRows = 4
Output: "PINALSIGYAHRPI"
Explanation:
P I N
A L S I G
Y A H R
P I
设置一个字符串数组，然后其实就是设置边界条件，然后根据所处的位置决定向前还是向后。
class Solution(object):
def convert(self, s, numRows):
"""
:type s: str
:type numRows: int
:rtype: str
"""
if numRows == 1 or numRows >= len(s):
return s
L = [''] * numRows
index, step = 0, 1
for x in s:
L[index] += x
if index == 0:
step = 1
elif index == numRows -1:
step = -1
index += step
return ''.join(L)
