题目链接
tag:
- Easy;
question:
The count-and-say sequence is the sequence of integers with the first five terms as following:
| Seq | Say |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4 | 1211 |
| 5 | 111221 |
- 1 is read off as "one 1" or 11.
- 11 is read off as "two 1s" or 21.
- 21 is read off as "one 2, then one 1" or 1211.
Given an integer n where 1 ≤ n ≤ 30, generate the nth term of the count-and-say sequence.
**Note: **
Each term of the sequence of integers will be represented as a string.
Example 1:
Input: 1
Output: "1"
Example 2:
Input: 4
Output: "1211"
思路:
这道计数和读法问题第一次遇到,看似挺复杂,其实仔细一看,算法很简单,题目描述的不是很清楚,其实就是第i+1个字符串是第i个字符串的读法,第一字符串为 “1”,比如第四个字符串是1211,它的读法是 1个1、1个2、2个1,因此第五个字符串是111221。第五个字符串的读法是:3个1、2个2、1个1,因此第六个字符串是312211,代码如下:
class Solution {
public:
string countAndSay(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return "";
string res = "1";
while (--n) {
string cur = "";
for (int i=0; i<res.size(); ++i) {
int cnt = 1;
while (i+1 < res.size() && res[i] == res[i+1]) {
++cnt;
++i;
}
cur += to_string(cnt) + res[i];
}
res = cur;
}
return res;
}
};
出于好奇打印出了前12个数字,发现一个很有意思的现象,不管打印到后面多少位,出现的数字只是由1,2和3组成,网上也有人发现了并分析了原因 (http://www.cnblogs.com/TenosDoIt/p/3776356.html),前十二个数字如下:
1
1 1
2 1
1 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 2 1
3 1 2 2 1 1
1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1
1 1 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 1
3 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
1 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1
1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 1
3 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1