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)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 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 IExample 3:
Input: s = "A", numRows = 1
Output: "A"
def convert(self, s: str, numRows: int) -> str:
if numRows == 1 or numRows >= len(s):
return s
rows = [''] * numRows
curr_row = 0
going_down = False
for char in s:
rows[curr_row] += char
if curr_row == 0 or curr_row == numRows - 1:
going_down = not going_down
curr_row += 1 if going_down else -1
return ''.join(rows)