#include <stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
void reduce(char *a)
{
int i,j;
for(i = 1; i < strlen(a)-1; i++)//从第二个字符开始,到倒数第二个字符结束
{
if(a[i] = 0)
{
j = i;
while(j < strlen(a)-1)
{
a[j] = a[j + 1];
j++;
}
a[j] = '\0';
}
}
}
int main () {
char a[100],c;
int i;
while(1)
{
i = 0;
while(c = getchar() != '\n')
{
a[i++] = c;
}
a[i] = '\0';
reduce(a);
printf("%s\n",a);
}
return 0;
}