# 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 text, int nRows);
# convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 3) should return "PAHNAPLSIIGYIR".
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(1)
class Solution():
def convert(self, s, numRows):
if numRows == 1:
return s
step, zigzag = 2 * numRows - 2, ""
for i in range(numRows):
for j in range(i, len(s), step):
zigzag += s[j]
if 0 < i < numRows - 1 and j + step - 2 * i < len(s):
zigzag += s[j + step - 2 * i]
return zigzag
if __name__ == "__main__":
assert Solution().convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 1) == 'PAYPALISHIRING'
assert Solution().convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 3) == 'PAHNAPLSIIGYIR'
assert Solution().convert("PAYPALISHIRING", 4) == 'PINALSIGYAHRPI'