Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

There is an integer sequence A of length N whose values are unknown.

Given is an integer sequence B of length N-1 which is known to satisfy the following:

B_i \geq \max(A_i, A_{i+1})

Find the maximum possible sum of the elements of A.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

2 \leq N \leq 100

0 \leq B_i \leq 10^5

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
B_1 B_2 ... B_{N-1}

Output

Print the maximum possible sum of the elements of A.

Sample Input 1

3
2 5

Sample Output 1

9

A can be, for example, ( 2 , 1 , 5 ), ( -1 , -2 , -3 ), or ( 2 , 2 , 5 ). Among those candidates, A = ( 2 , 2 , 5 ) has the maximum possible sum.

Sample Input 2

2
3

Sample Output 2

6

Sample Input 3

6
0 153 10 10 23

Sample Output 3

53

Solution in C (GCC 5.4.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <math.h>
int acs(const void *a, const void *b){return *(int*)a - *(int*)b;} /* 1,2,3,4.. */
int des(const void *a, const void *b){return *(int*)b - *(int*)a;} /* 8,7,6,5.. */
#define min(a,b) (a < b ? a: b)
#define max(a,b) (a > b ? a: b)

#define MAXN (100)
#define MOD (998244353)

int b[MAXN];

int main(void)
{
    int n;
    scanf("%d",&n);
    
    for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++) scanf("%d",&(b[i]));
    int64_t ans = 0;

    ans += b[0];
    for(int i=1;i<n-1;i++)
    {
        ans += min(b[i],b[i-1]);
    }
    ans += b[n-2];

    printf("%ld\n",ans);
    
    return 0;
}