Problem
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
P I N
A L S I G
Y A H R
P I
Solution
impl Solution {
pub fn convert(s: String, num_rows: i32) -> String {
if num_rows < 2 {
return s;
}
let seq: Vec<char> = s.chars().collect();
let len = seq.len();
let num_rows: usize = num_rows as usize;
let mut i: usize = 0;
let mut j: usize = 0;
let mut step: usize = 0;
let mut row: usize = 0;
let mut down_flag: bool = true;
let mut result = String::with_capacity(s.capacity());
while i < len {
result.push(seq[j]);
i += 1;
if ((row == 0) || (row == (num_rows-1)))
{
step = 2*num_rows-2;
} else {
if (down_flag)
{
step = 2*(num_rows-row)-2;
down_flag = false;
} else {
step = 2*(row+1) - 2;
down_flag = true;
}
}
j += step;
if (j >= len)
{
row += 1;
j = row;
down_flag = true;
}
}
result
}
}