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# (.NET Core 3.1.201) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace AtCoder.Contest.C
{
	class Program
	{
		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			var sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
			Console.SetOut(sw);

			Scanner cin = new Scanner();

			int n = cin.nextInt();
			var b = cin.ArrayInt(n - 1);
			long ans = 0;
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			{
				if (i == 0) ans += b[i];
				else if (i == n - 1) ans += b[i - 1];
				else ans += Math.Min(b[i - 1], b[i]);
			}
			Console.WriteLine(ans);

			Console.Out.Flush();
		}
	}

	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);
			if (s.Length == 0) return next();
			i = 0;
			return s[i++];
		}

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

		public int[] ArrayInt(int N, int add = 0)
		{
			int[] Array = new int[N];
			for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
			{
				Array[i] = nextInt() + add;
			}
			return Array;
		}

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

		public long[] ArrayLong(int N, long add = 0)
		{
			long[] Array = new long[N];
			for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
			{
				Array[i] = nextLong() + add;
			}
			return Array;
		}

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

		public double[] ArrayDouble(int N, double add = 0)
		{
			double[] Array = new double[N];
			for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
			{
				Array[i] = nextDouble() + add;
			}
			return Array;
		}
	}
}