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// Source : https://leetcode.com/problems/merge-strings-alternately/
// Author : Hao Chen
// Date : 2021-03-20
/*****************************************************************************************************
*
* 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.
******************************************************************************************************/
class Solution {
public:
string mergeAlternately(string word1, string word2) {
int len1 = word1.size();
int len2 = word2.size();
int len = min(len1, len2);
string result;
for (int i=0; i<len; i++) {
result += word1[i];
result += word2[i];
}
if (len1 > len) result += word1.substr(len, len1 - len );
if (len2 > len) result += word2.substr(len, len2 - len );
return result;
}
};