38. Count and Say

The count-and-say sequence is the sequence of integers with the first five terms as following:

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"

解题要点:

设置开始string,然后遍历。

class Solution {
    public String countAndSay(int n) {
        if(n == 1) return "1";
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        
        String s = countAndSay(n - 1) + "*";
        int count = 1;
        for(int i = 0; i < s.length() - 1; i++){
            if(s.charAt(i) == s.charAt(i+1))
                count++;
            else{
                sb.append(count);
                sb.append(s.charAt(i));
                count = 1;
                
            }
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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