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+class Solution:
+    def mergeAlternately(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> str:
+        result=[]
+        for i in range(min(len(word1),len(word2))):
+            result.append(word1[i]+word2[i])
+        return ''.join(result)+word1[i+1:]+word2[i+1:]
+        
+