From cf156b74a67191c1a026484029ea088d7bdbda9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Suryapratap Singh <suryprtaps@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 11:53:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] add alternative_string_arrange method

---
 strings/alternative_string_arrange.py | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 strings/alternative_string_arrange.py

diff --git a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5dc99a87e159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+def alternative_string_arrange(first_str: str, second_str: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Return the alternative arrangements of the two strings.
+    :param first_str:
+    :param second_str:
+    :return: String
+    >>> alternative_string_arrange("ABCD", "XY")
+    AXBYCD
+    >>> alternative_string_arrange("XY", "ABCD")
+    XAYBCD
+    >>> alternative_string_arrange("AB", "XYZ")
+    AXBYZ
+    >>> alternative_string_arrange("ABC", "")
+    ABC
+    """
+    first_str_length: int = len(first_str)
+    second_str_length: int = len(second_str)
+    abs_length: int = (
+        first_str_length if first_str_length > second_str_length else second_str_length
+    )
+    li: list = []
+    for char_count in range(abs_length):
+        if char_count < first_str_length:
+            li.append(first_str[char_count])
+        if char_count < second_str_length:
+            li.append(second_str[char_count])
+    return "".join(li)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(alternative_string_arrange("AB", "XYZ"), end=" ")

From 4e74e7a6d6f4539d8614b1da7887fcca194e4573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Suryapratap Singh <suryprtaps@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 12:00:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fix issue

---
 strings/alternative_string_arrange.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
index 5dc99a87e159..a9400f577074 100644
--- a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
+++ b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ def alternative_string_arrange(first_str: str, second_str: str) -> str:
     :param second_str:
     :return: String
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("ABCD", "XY")
-    AXBYCD
+    "AXBYCD"
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("XY", "ABCD")
-    XAYBCD
+    "XAYBCD"
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("AB", "XYZ")
-    AXBYZ
+    "AXBYZ"
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("ABC", "")
-    ABC
+    "ABC"
     """
     first_str_length: int = len(first_str)
     second_str_length: int = len(second_str)

From 334631ad19980ae234acce06028f0c9795e98a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Suryapratap Singh <suryprtaps@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 12:06:15 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] fix one more issue

---
 strings/alternative_string_arrange.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
index a9400f577074..fcf1deb97965 100644
--- a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
+++ b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ def alternative_string_arrange(first_str: str, second_str: str) -> str:
     :param second_str:
     :return: String
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("ABCD", "XY")
-    "AXBYCD"
+    'AXBYCD'
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("XY", "ABCD")
-    "XAYBCD"
+    'XAYBCD'
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("AB", "XYZ")
-    "AXBYZ"
+    'AXBYZ'
     >>> alternative_string_arrange("ABC", "")
-    "ABC"
+    'ABC'
     """
     first_str_length: int = len(first_str)
     second_str_length: int = len(second_str)

From 799f8407947aea27a5588b2a17370011bb14036c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Suryapratap Singh <suryprtaps@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 15:36:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] changed the variable name li to output_list

---
 strings/alternative_string_arrange.py | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
index fcf1deb97965..d81ddd8a1574 100644
--- a/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
+++ b/strings/alternative_string_arrange.py
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ def alternative_string_arrange(first_str: str, second_str: str) -> str:
     abs_length: int = (
         first_str_length if first_str_length > second_str_length else second_str_length
     )
-    li: list = []
+    output_list: list = []
     for char_count in range(abs_length):
         if char_count < first_str_length:
-            li.append(first_str[char_count])
+            output_list.append(first_str[char_count])
         if char_count < second_str_length:
-            li.append(second_str[char_count])
-    return "".join(li)
+            output_list.append(second_str[char_count])
+    return "".join(output_list)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":