comefrom: <doocs>1768.Merge Strings Alternately_1.py
code: def mergeAlternately( word1: str, word2: str) -> str:
      i, m, n = 0, len(word1), len(word2)
      res = []
      while i < m or i < n:
          if i < m:
              res.append(word1[i])
          if i < n:
              res.append(word2[i])
          i += 1
      return ''.join(res)
masked: def sample_funcname ( var_0 : str , var_2 : str ) -> str :
      var_4 , var_6 , var_7 = 0 , len ( var_0 ) , len ( var_2 )
      var_8 = [ ]
      while var_4 < var_6 or var_4 < var_7 :
          if var_4 < var_6 :
              var_8.append ( var_0 [ var_4 ] )
          if var_4 < var_7 :
              var_8.append ( var_2 [ var_4 ] )
          var_4 += 1
      return ''.join ( var_8 )
  