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#!/usr/bin/python3
# https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-256/#TASK2
#
# Task 2: Merge Strings
# =====================
#
# You are given two strings, $str1 and $str2.
#
# Write a script to merge the given strings by adding in alternative order
# starting with the first string. If a string is longer than the other then
# append the remaining at the end.
#
## Example 1
##
## Input: $str1 = "abcd", $str2 = "1234"
## Output: "a1b2c3d4"
#
## Example 2
##
## Input: $str1 = "abc", $str2 = "12345"
## Output: "a1b2c345"
#
## Example 3
##
## Input: $str1 = "abcde", $str2 = "123"
## Output: "a1b2c3de"
#
############################################################
##
## discussion
##
############################################################
#
# Turn both strings into arrays, get elements from both arrays
# until the first one is empty, then add the remainder of the
# second one.
def merge_strings(str1: str, str2: str) -> None:
print(f"Input: \"{str1}\", \"{str2}\"")
output = ""
first = list(str1)
second = list(str2)
while len(first) > 0:
elem = first.pop(0)
output += elem
if len(second) > 0:
elem = second.pop(0)
output += elem
if len(second) > 0:
output += "".join(second)
print(f"Output: \"{output}\"")
merge_strings("abcd", "1234");
merge_strings("abc", "12345");
merge_strings("abcde", "123");
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