import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in
 * Actual solution is at the top
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class ABC152_b {
        public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        }

    }
}
 import java.io.OutputStream; OutputStream java.io import java.io.IOException; IOException java.io import java.io.InputStream; InputStream java.io import java.io.PrintWriter; PrintWriter java.io import java.util.Scanner; Scanner java.util public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class ABC152_b {
        public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        }

    }
} Main public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    } main {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    } InputStream inputStream = System.in; inputStream System.in System System.in OutputStream outputStream = System.out; outputStream System.out System System.out Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream); in new Scanner(inputStream) PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream); out new PrintWriter(outputStream) ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b(); solver new ABC152_b() solver.solve(1, in, out) solver.solve solver 1 in out out.close() out.close out String[] args args static class ABC152_b {
        public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        }

    } ABC152_b public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        } solve {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        } int a = in.nextInt(); a in.nextInt() in.nextInt in int b = in.nextInt(); b in.nextInt() in.nextInt in int cyc = 0; cyc 0 if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            } a <= b a b {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } cyc = b cyc b for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                } int i = 0; int i = 0; i 0 i < cyc i cyc i++ i++ i {
                    out.print(a);
                } {
                    out.print(a);
                } out.print(a) out.print out a {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            } cyc = a cyc a for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                } int i = 0; int i = 0; i 0 i < cyc i cyc i++ i++ i {
                    out.print(b);
                } {
                    out.print(b);
                } out.print(b) out.print out b out.println() out.println out int testNumber testNumber Scanner in in PrintWriter out out public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class ABC152_b {
        public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        }

    }
} public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class ABC152_b {
        public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        }

    }
} Main
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Scanner;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in
 * Actual solution is at the top
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        Scanner in = new Scanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        ABC152_b solver = new ABC152_b();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class ABC152_b {
        public void solve(int testNumber, Scanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            int a = in.nextInt();
            int b = in.nextInt();
            int cyc = 0;
            if (a <= b) {
                cyc = b;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(a);
                }
            } else {
                cyc = a;
                for (int i = 0; i < cyc; i++) {
                    out.print(b);
                }
            }
            out.println();
        }

    }
}

