ZigZag Conversion 🔄

The ZigZag Conversion problem asks you to convert a given string into a new string by reordering the characters in a specific pattern determined by the number of rows.

Approach 🔍

Input Validation 📌

• If the input string is empty, has only one character, or the number of rows is 1, return the input string as it is, as there’s no need for conversion in these cases.

Initialization 🚀

• Initialize an empty string ans to store the converted result.
• Get the length n of the input string.
• Initialize an index variable ind to 0 and a row counter r to 0.

Conversion Logic ⚙️

• Iterate through each row, from row 0 to numRows - 1.
• In each row, iterate through the input string, adding characters to the result string ans.

Character Appending ✏️

• Append the current character to ans.
• If we are not in the first row, last row, and there’s a valid next character within the string bounds:
  • Append the character at an offset of 2 * i from the current position, where i is the current row.
• Calculate the next index position based on the row and whether it’s the first row or not:
  • If it’s the first row or the last row, move by 2 * (numRows - 1) steps.
  • Otherwise, move by 2 * (numRows - i - 1) steps.

Resetting for the Next Row ♻️

• After finishing one row, reset ind to the next row’s starting position (which is i + 1).
• Reset r to 0 for the new row.

Return the Result ✅

• Return the final result string ans.

This approach follows the ZigZag pattern and efficiently constructs the converted string.

Now you can implement this approach in code to solve the ZigZag Conversion problem.