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 Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {	
	private static void solve(){
		//Implement solution here.
		int a = ni();
		int b = ni();
		StringBuilder sba = new StringBuilder();
		for(int i = 0; i < b; i++) {
			sba.append(a);			
		}
		StringBuilder sbb = new StringBuilder();
		for(int i = 0; i < a; i++) {
			sbb.append(b);
		}
		if(sba.toString().compareTo(sbb.toString()) < 0) {
			System.out.println(sba.toString());
		} else {
			System.out.println(sbb.toString());
		}
	}

	//Switch input source (stdin/file)
	private static BufferedReader br;
	public static void main(String[] args){
		br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		String debugDataPath = System.getenv("DD_PATH");        
		if(debugDataPath != null){
			try{
				br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(new File(debugDataPath))));
			}catch(Exception e){
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
		}
		solve();
	}

	//Input read utility
	private static StringTokenizer tokenizer = null;
	public static String next() {
		while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
			try {
				tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
			} catch (Exception e) {
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
		}
		return tokenizer.nextToken();
	}
	//Get next single int
	private static int ni() {
		return Integer.parseInt(next());
	}
	//Get next single long
	private static long nl() {
		return Long.parseLong(next());
	}
	//Get next single double
	private static double nd() {
		return Double.parseDouble(next());
	}
	//Get next int array from one line
	private static int[] na(int n) {
		int[] a = new int[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			a[i] = ni();
		return a;
	}
	//Get next char array from one line
	private static char[] ns() {
		return next().toCharArray();
	}
	//Get next long array from one line
	private static long[] nal(int n) {
		long[] a = new long[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			a[i] = nl();
		return a;
	}
}