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"
string countAndSay(int n) {
if (n <= 0) return "";
string res = "1";
while (--n) {
string cur = "";
for (int i = 0; i < res.length(); ++i) {
int cnt = 1;
while (i + 1 < res.length() && res[i] == res[i + 1]) {
++cnt;
++i;
}
cur += to_string(cnt) + res[i];
}
res = cur;
}
return res;
}
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