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.Linq;

namespace MaximalValue
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var N = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            var B = Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(x => int.Parse(x));
            var A = new int[N];

            A[0] = B.ElementAt(0);
            A[N - 1] = B.ElementAt(N - 2);
            for(var i = 1;i <= N - 2;i++)
            {
                A[i] = B.ElementAt(i -1) < B.ElementAt(i) ? B.ElementAt(i-1) : B.ElementAt(i);
            }

            Console.WriteLine(A.Sum());
        }
    }
}