ef loopy_madness(string1: str, string2: str) -> str:     """     Given two strings and , return a new string that     contains letters from these two strings "interwoven" together, starting with     the first character of . If the two strings are not of equal     length, then start looping "backwards-and-forwards" in the shorter string     until you come to the end of the longer string.     "interwoven" (or "interweaving") means constructing a new string by taking     the first letter from the first string, adding the first letter of the     second string, adding the second letter of the first string,     adding the second letter of the second string, and so on.     "backwards-and-forwards" is a custom looping term. First the loop starts     at position 1 (index 0) and goes until position n (i.e., the end). Once the     loop reaches position n, it goes backwards, starting at position n - 1 and     goes to position 1 (index 0). This repeats until the two strings are     interwoven. For example, the backwards-and-forwards operations of "abc"     would be "abcbabcba..."     Examples:         If you are given "abc" and "123", then the output string is "a1b2c3".         This is after taking "a" from the first string, adding "1" from the         second string, adding "b" from the first string, and so on.         Things get more interesting when you are given two strings that differ         in length. For example, if you are given "abcde" and "12", then the         output would be "a1b2c1d2e1". Notice how the shorter string loops         around when it runs out of characters, and continues looping until the         longer string is exhausted.         Another example of the "backwards-and-forwards" implementation given         two strings of differing length: "abcdfe" and "123", then the output         would be "a1b2c3d2f1e2".         Note that the first string could be shorter too, for example, given         "ab" and "123", the output would be "a1b2

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def loopy_madness(string1: str, string2: str) -> str:
    """
    Given two strings <string1> and <string2>, return a new string that
    contains letters from these two strings "interwoven" together, starting with
    the first character of <string1>. If the two strings are not of equal
    length, then start looping "backwards-and-forwards" in the shorter string
    until you come to the end of the longer string.

    "interwoven" (or "interweaving") means constructing a new string by taking
    the first letter from the first string, adding the first letter of the
    second string, adding the second letter of the first string,
    adding the second letter of the second string, and so on.

    "backwards-and-forwards" is a custom looping term. First the loop starts
    at position 1 (index 0) and goes until position n (i.e., the end). Once the
    loop reaches position n, it goes backwards, starting at position n - 1 and
    goes to position 1 (index 0). This repeats until the two strings are
    interwoven. For example, the backwards-and-forwards operations of "abc"
    would be "abcbabcba..."

    Examples:
        If you are given "abc" and "123", then the output string is "a1b2c3".
        This is after taking "a" from the first string, adding "1" from the
        second string, adding "b" from the first string, and so on.

        Things get more interesting when you are given two strings that differ
        in length. For example, if you are given "abcde" and "12", then the
        output would be "a1b2c1d2e1". Notice how the shorter string loops
        around when it runs out of characters, and continues looping until the
        longer string is exhausted.

        Another example of the "backwards-and-forwards" implementation given
        two strings of differing length: "abcdfe" and "123", then the output
        would be "a1b2c3d2f1e2".

        Note that the first string could be shorter too, for example, given
        "ab" and "123", the output would be "a1b2a3".
    """
 use while loop and do it on python and don't use import, dictionaries or try-except method 

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