1768. Merge Strings Alternately

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Build a new string by taking letters from word1 and word2 in turn, starting with word1. When one word runs out, append the rest of the other word.

Example

word1 = "abc", word2 = "pqrs"  ->  "apbqcrs"

Constraints

• 1 <= word1.length, word2.length <= 100
• Both words have only lowercase English letters