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+# https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-strings-alternately
+
+class Solution:
+    def mergeAlternately(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> str:
+        i = 0
+        j = 0
+        result = []
+        while i < len(word1) and j < len(word2):
+            result.append(word1[i])
+            result.append(word2[j])
+            i += 1
+            j += 1
+        while i < len(word1):
+            result.append(word1[i])
+            i += 1
+        while j < len(word2):
+            result.append(word2[j])
+            j += 1
+        return ''.join(result)
+