1768. Merge Strings Alternately
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 n1 = word1.length();
int n2 = word2.length();
int i = 0,j = 0;
string res;
while(i < n1 && j < n2){
res += word1[i++];
res += word2[j++];
}
while(i < n1) res += word1[i++];
while(j < n2) res += word2[j++];
return res;
}
};