export function xorMergeStrings(strings: string[]) {
  // Split the input strings into arrays of lines
  const [str1, str2] = strings;
  const lines1 = str1.split("\n");
  console.log("🚀 ~ xorMergeStrings ~ lines1:", lines1);
  const lines2 = str2.split("\n");
  console.log("🚀 ~ xorMergeStrings ~ lines2:", lines2);

  // Determine the maximum number of lines
  const maxLines = Math.max(lines1.length, lines2.length);

  // Initialize an array to hold the merged lines
  const mergedLines = [];

  // Iterate through each line index up to the maximum number of lines
  for (let i = 0; i < maxLines; i++) {
    // Get the current line from each string, or an empty string if the line does not exist
    const maxLength = Math.max(lines1[i].length, lines2[i].length);
    const line1 = lines1[i].padEnd(maxLength, " ");
    console.log("🚀 ~ xorMergeStrings ~ line1: \n", line1);
    const line2 = lines2[i].padEnd(maxLength, " ");
    console.log("🚀 ~ xorMergeStrings ~ line2: \n", line2);

    // Determine the maximum length of the current lines
    console.log("🚀 ~ xorMergeStrings ~ maxLength:", maxLength);

    // Initialize an array to hold the merged characters for the current line
    const mergedLine = [];

    // Iterate through each character index up to the maximum length
    for (let j = 0; j < maxLength; j++) {
      // Get the current character from each line, or a space if the character does not exist
      const char1 = line1[j];
      const char2 = line2[j];

      // Determine if each character is a whitespace character
      const isWhitespace1 = char1.trim() === "";
      const isWhitespace2 = char2.trim() === "";

      // XOR merge the characters based on the whitespace criteria
      const mergedChar = isWhitespace1 ? char2 : char1;

      // Add the merged character to the merged line
      mergedLine.push(mergedChar);
    }

    // Join the merged line array into a string and add it to the merged lines array
    mergedLines.push(mergedLine.join(""));
  }

  // Join the merged lines array into a single string with newline characters
  return mergedLines.join("\n");
}