
# slower version:

s = input()
for i in range(len(s)):
  if i%2 == 0:
    print(s[i], end = '')


# optimized version of the same code:

s = input()
ans = ''
for i in range(len(s)):
  if i % 2 == 0:
    ans += s[i]
print(ans)



# slower version:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# coding=utf-8



import sys



s = sys.stdin.readline().strip()

l = [_s is "1" for _s in list(s)]

l_r = l[::-1]

index = 0

for i, (c, n, c_r, n_r) in enumerate(

        zip(l[:len(s) // 2], l[1:len(s) // 2 + 1], l_r[:len(s) // 2], l_r[1:len(s) // 2 + 1])):

    if c ^ n or c_r ^ n_r:

        index = i + 1

print((len(s) - index))

# optimized version of the same code:

def solve(string):

    l = [s == "1" for s in string]

    l_r = l[::-1]

    index = 0

    h = len(string) // 2

    for i, (c, n, c_r, n_r) in enumerate(zip(l[:h], l[1:h + 1], l_r[:h], l_r[1:h + 1])):

        if c ^ n or c_r ^ n_r:

            index = i + 1

    return str(len(string) - index)





if __name__ == '__main__':

    print((solve(eval(input()))))

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# coding=utf-8
import sys

s = sys.stdin.readline().strip()
l = [_s is "1" for _s in list(s)]
l_r = l[::-1]
index = 0
for i, (c, n, c_r, n_r) in enumerate(
    zip(
        l[: len(s) // 2],
        l[1 : len(s) // 2 + 1],
        l_r[: len(s) // 2],
        l_r[1 : len(s) // 2 + 1],
    )
):
    if c ^ n or c_r ^ n_r:
        index = i + 1
print((len(s) - index))

def solve(string):
    l = [s == "1" for s in string]
    l_r = l[::-1]
    index = 0
    h = len(string) // 2
    for i, (c, n, c_r, n_r) in enumerate(
        zip(l[:h], l[1 : h + 1], l_r[:h], l_r[1 : h + 1])
    ):
        if c ^ n or c_r ^ n_r:
            index = i + 1
    return str(len(string) - index)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print((solve(eval(input()))))

-#!/usr/bin/env python3 -# coding=utf-8 -import sys +def solve(string): +    l = [s == "1" for s in string] +    l_r = l[::-1] +    index = 0 +    h = len(string) // 2 +    for i, (c, n, c_r, n_r) in enumerate( +        zip(l[:h], l[1 : h + 1], l_r[:h], l_r[1 : h + 1]) +    ): +        if c ^ n or c_r ^ n_r: +            index = i + 1 +    return str(len(string) - index) -s = sys.stdin.readline().strip() -l = [_s is "1" for _s in list(s)] -l_r = l[::-1] -index = 0 -for i, (c, n, c_r, n_r) in enumerate( -    zip( -        l[: len(s) // 2], -        l[1 : len(s) // 2 + 1], -        l_r[: len(s) // 2], -        l_r[1 : len(s) // 2 + 1], -    ) -): -    if c ^ n or c_r ^ n_r: -        index = i + 1 -print((len(s) - index)) + +if __name__ == "__main__": +    print((solve(eval(input()))))