When merging two columns into one, I occasionally run into issues. I have a solution, however, it doesn't quite address the issue. 
As I understand two columns have to be one by one:
A       B       C
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A       1       A
B       2       1
C       3       B
                2
                C
                3
To get the above solution in the C column I should use:
=INDEX($A$2:$B$9;ROUND(ROW(A1)/2;0);MOD(ROW();2)+1)
I, therefore, input data such as A1:B4 into the formula.
How can I do that if I only want to include columns A and D that have data instead of columns B and C? Alternatively, what if I had a column from sheet A and another from sheet B?