TOANDFRO - To and Fro
Mo and Larry have devised a way of encrypting messages. They first decide secretly on the number of columns and write the message (letters only) down the columns, padding with extra random letters so as to make a rectangular array of letters. For example, if the message is “There’s no place like home on a snowy night” and there are five columns, Mo would write down
t o i o y h p k n n e l e a i r a h s g e c o n h s e m o t n l e w x
Note that Mo includes only letters and writes them all in lower case. In this example, Mo used the character ‘x’ to pad the message out to make a rectangle, although he could have used any letter. Mo then sends the message to Larry by writing the letters in each row, alternating left-to-right and right-to-left. So, the above would be encrypted as
toioynnkpheleaigshareconhtomesnlewx
Your job is to recover for Larry the original message (along with any extra padding letters) from the encrypted one.
Input
There will be multiple input sets. Input for each set will consist of two lines. The first line will contain an integer in the range 2...20 indicating the number of columns used. The next line is a string of up to 200 lower case letters. The last input set is followed by a line containing a single 0, indicating end of input.
Output
Each input set should generate one line of output, giving the original plaintext message, with no spaces.
Example
Input: 5 toioynnkpheleaigshareconhtomesnlewx 3 ttyohhieneesiaabss 0 Output: theresnoplacelikehomeonasnowynightx thisistheeasyoneab
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aditigedam:
2020-08-26 12:55:49
don't forget to print next line. |
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devesh_rs:
2020-05-30 06:31:10
AC in one go!!! Took me around half an hour though. hehe |
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surfeyone:
2020-05-16 22:37:32
the input is the number of ROWS btw.
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saddy_2001:
2020-04-23 18:56:17
just store the given string in the 2D matrix then just reverse the odd index of the matrix and then iterate column wise. |
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trulyness:
2020-04-09 13:52:09
What are the vote requirements for SPOJ? What are the 15 needed problems? |
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mukulstriker:
2020-03-18 14:46:27
AC in one go don't make it complex its simple. Use array and it will work simply if you have any difficulty ask me as i am also a begginer in coding so i am happy with the result i got here will help you to.
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anassk:
2019-12-27 19:12:54
runtime error (NZEC)
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mukesh_g7:
2019-12-16 04:51:22
getting a runtime error after the output is displayed.
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thiyagumessi:
2019-12-09 09:49:19
Hint: make a list by breaking down given string with each length 5. use 2 loops one with n and other with the list and pront values.
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gak:
2019-10-29 17:42:09
Too Easy! No need to use 2D array or stack. |
Added by: | Adrian Kuegel |
Date: | 2005-07-09 |
Time limit: | 1s |
Source limit: | 50000B |
Memory limit: | 1536MB |
Cluster: | Cube (Intel G860) |
Languages: | All |
Resource: | ACM East Central North America Regional Programming Contest 2004 |