[leetcode] problem 6 – zigzag conversion

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)

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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:

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string (string s, int numRows);

Example

No.1

Input: s = “PAYPALISHIRING”, numRows = 3

Output: “PAHNAPLSIIGYIR”

No.2

Input: s = “PAYPALISHIRING”, numRows = 4

Output: “PINALSIGYAHRPI”

Explanation:

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P     I    N
A L S I G
Y A H R
P I

Code

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public String (String s, int numRows) {
if (numRows == 1)
return s;

StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
int cycle = 2 * numRows - 2;

for (int i = 0; i < numRows; i++) {
for (int j = 0; i + j < s.length(); j += cycle) {
result.append(s.charAt(i + j));

if (i != 0 && i != numRows - 1 && cycle - i + j < s.length())
result.append(s.charAt(cycle - i + j));
}
}

return result.toString();
}