# your code goes here
class Solution:
def mergeAlternately(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> str:
index = 0
result = ""
for c in range(len(word2)):
if index < len(word1):
result += word1[index] + word2[c]
index += 1
else:
return result + word2[c: ]
return result + word1[index:]
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