def scramble(word1, word2): # convert both to lists, easier to deal with word1_q = list(word1) word2_q = list(word2) if len(word2_q) > len(word1_q): # if word2 is bigger than word1, append enough zeroes on word1 zeroes = ['0'] * (len(word2_q) - len(word1_q)) word1_q.extend(zeroes) elif len(word1_q) - 1 > len(word2_q): # same if word1 is bigger than word2 # we do not want a "0" at the end, hence the -1 zeroes = ['0'] * (len(word1_q) - len(word2_q) - 1) word2_q.extend(zeroes) # we fill the last position with an empty character if len(word1_q) > len(word2_q): word2_q.append('') # combines both lists # appending an empty char in between return ''.join([item for sublist in zip(word1_q, word2_q) for item in sublist]) print scramble("scrambled", "eggs") print scramble("kipje", "kaasje") print scramble("aa", "zzz")
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