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# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(Solve());
        //Solve();
        return;
    }

    public static string Solve()
    {
        int N = ReadInt();
        int[] B = ReadInts();
        int ans = 0;
        ans += B[0];
        for (int i = 0; i < N - 2; i++)
        {
            ans += Math.Min(B[i], B[i + 1]);
        }
        ans += B[N - 2];
        return ans.ToString();
    }

    private static string Read() { return Console.ReadLine(); }
    private static int ReadInt() { return int.Parse(Read()); }
    private static long ReadLong() { return long.Parse(Read()); }
    private static double ReadDouble() { return double.Parse(Read()); }
    private static int[] ReadInts() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), int.Parse); }
    private static long[] ReadLongs() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), long.Parse); }
    private static double[] ReadDoubles() { return Array.ConvertAll(Read().Split(), double.Parse); }
}