Problem:
Score : 200 points

Problem Statement

Given are 1-digit positive integers a and b. Consider these two strings: the concatenation of b copies of the digit a, and the concatenation of a copies of the digit b. Which of these is lexicographically smaller?

Constraints

1 \leq a \leq 9

1 \leq b \leq 9

a and b are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

a b

Output

Print the lexicographically smaller of the two strings. (If the two strings are equal, print one of them.)

Sample Input 1

4 3

Sample Output 1

3333

We have two strings 444 and 3333. Between them, 3333 is the lexicographically smaller.

Sample Input 2

7 7

Sample Output 2

7777777

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

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

namespace cswork
{
    class Program
    {
        class Scanner
        {
            string[] s;
            int i;

            char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };

            public Scanner()
            {
                s = new string[0];
                i = 0;
            }

            public string next()
            {
                if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
                string st = Console.ReadLine();
                while (st == "") st = Console.ReadLine();

                s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                i = 0;
                return next();
            }

            public int nextInt()
            {
                return int.Parse(next());
            }

            public long nextLong()
            {
                return long.Parse(next());
            }

            public double nextDouble()
            {
                return double.Parse(next());
            }
        }

        public Program() { }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new Program().Omame();
        }

        Scanner cin;
        const int MAXIN = 1024;
        bool[] used = new bool[MAXIN];
        int[] perm = new int[MAXIN];

        List<int[]> permList = new List<int[]>();

        public void Permutation(int pos, int n, int length)
        {
            if (pos == n)
            {
                permList.Add((int[])perm.Clone());
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            {
                if (!used[i])
                {
                    perm[pos] = i;
                    used[i] = true;
                    Permutation(pos + 1, n, length);
                    used[i] = false;
                }
            }
        }

        public static List<long> GeneratePrime(long max)
        {
            long prime;
            double sqrtMax = Math.Sqrt(max);
            var primeList = new List<long>();

            List<long> searchList = new List<long>();
            for (long i = 2; i <= max - 1; i++)
            {
                searchList.Add(i);
            }

            do
            {
                prime = searchList.First();
                primeList.Add(prime);
                searchList.RemoveAll(n => n % prime == 0);
            } while (prime < sqrtMax);

            primeList.AddRange(searchList);

            return primeList;
        }

        void Omame()
        {
            cin = new Scanner();
            long a = cin.nextLong();
            long b = cin.nextLong();
            StringBuilder aaa = new StringBuilder();
            StringBuilder bbb = new StringBuilder();

            for (int i = 0; i < a; i++)
            {
                aaa.Append(b);
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < b; i++)
            {
                bbb.Append(a);
            }

            List<string> list = new List<string>();
            list.Add(aaa.ToString());
            list.Add(bbb.ToString());

            list.Sort();

            Console.WriteLine(list[0]);


        }
    }
}