URL: https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-strings-alternately/description/
Description:
You are given two strings word1 and word2. Merge the strings by adding letters in alternating order, starting with word1. If a string is longer than the other, append the additional letters onto the end of the merged string. Return the merged string.
Example 1:
Input: word1 = "abc", word2 = "pqr"
Output: "apbqcr"
Explanation: The merged string will be merged as so:
word1: a b c
word2: p q r
merged: a p b q c r
Example 2:
Input: word1 = "ab", word2 = "pqrs"
Output: "apbqrs"
Explanation: Notice that as word2 is longer, "rs" is appended to the end.
word1: a b
word2: p q r s
merged: a p b q r s
Example 3:
Input: word1 = "abcd", word2 = "pq"
Output: "apbqcd"
Explanation: Notice that as word1 is longer, "cd" is appended to the end.
word1: a b c d
word2: p q
merged: a p b q c d
Constraints:
1 <= word1.length, word2.length <= 100
word1 and word2 consist of lowercase English letters.
Solution Code:
class Solution:
def mergeAlternately(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> str:
m = min(len(word1), len(word2))
res = ''
for i in range(m):
res += word1[i] + word2[i]
if m == len(word1):
return res + word2[m:]
else:
return res + word1[m:]