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+#!/bin/env python
+"""
+#===============================================================================
+#
+#         FILE: ch-2.py
+#
+#        USAGE: ./ch-2.py
+#
+#  DESCRIPTION: Perl Weekly Challenge 082
+#               http://www.perlweeklychallenge.org
+#               Task 2 - Interleave String
+#
+#       AUTHOR: Lubos Kolouch
+#      CREATED: 10/17/2020 07:25:23 PM
+#===============================================================================
+"""
+
+
+def inter_leave(a: str, b: str, current: str = '', result=dict()):
+    """ Do the interleave """
+    if not a and not b:
+        result[current] = 1
+        return result
+
+    if a:
+        result = inter_leave(a=a[1:], b=b, current=current+a[0], result=result)
+
+    if b:
+        result = inter_leave(a=a, b=b[1:], current=current+b[0], result=result)
+
+    return result
+
+
+def can_interleave(a: str, b: str, c: str):
+    """ Find out if the string can be interleaved """
+
+    if len(a) + len(b) != len(c):
+        return 0
+
+    result = inter_leave(a=a, b=b, result=dict())
+    return result.get(c, 0)
+
+
+assert can_interleave(a='XY', b='X', c='XXY') == 1
+assert can_interleave(a='XXY', b='XXZ', c='XXXXZY') == 1
+assert can_interleave(a='YX', b='X', c='XXY') == 0
+assert can_interleave(a='XXY', b='X', c='XXY') == 0