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A way to reorder a string in a specific manner
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//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" | |
//The way I understand it : convert("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST", 4) will transform the string into: | |
//A G M S | |
//B E H K N Q T | |
//C F I L O R | |
//D J P | |
// | |
//and it will return: "AGMBEHKNCFILDJ" | |
import Foundation | |
func convert(_ s: String, _ numRows: Int) -> String { | |
var mainArray = [[String]]() | |
for _ in 1...numRows{ | |
let singleArray = [String]() | |
mainArray.append(singleArray) | |
} | |
let theString = Array(s.characters) | |
var count = numRows | |
var arrayCounter = 0 | |
if numRows <= 2 { | |
for char in theString{ | |
if arrayCounter%numRows != 0{ | |
mainArray[numRows - 1].append("\(char)") | |
} | |
else{ | |
mainArray[0].append("\(char)") | |
} | |
arrayCounter += 1 | |
} | |
var newString = "" | |
for array in mainArray { | |
newString += array.joined() | |
} | |
return newString | |
}else { | |
arrayCounter = 0 | |
var charCounter = 0 | |
while charCounter < theString.count { | |
if count == numRows || count == 2*numRows { | |
arrayCounter = 0 | |
} | |
if count == 2*numRows { | |
// mainArray[0].append(" ") | |
count = 0 | |
} | |
else if count == (numRows - 1) { | |
// mainArray[numRows - 1].append(" ") | |
} | |
else { | |
mainArray[arrayCounter].append("\(theString[charCounter])") | |
charCounter += 1 | |
} | |
count += 1 | |
arrayCounter += 1 | |
} | |
var newString = "" | |
for array in mainArray { | |
newString += array.joined() | |
} | |
return newString | |
} | |
} | |
let string = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN" | |
print(convert(string, 4)) | |
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