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 Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

// Template from https://techracho.bpsinc.jp/jhonda/2019_08_05/78537

// input macro for competive-programming from https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($iter:expr) => {};
    ($iter:expr, ) => {};

    ($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };

    ($iter:expr, mut $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )
    };

    ($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {
        {
            let len = read_value!($next, usize);
            (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };

    ($iter:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, bytes) => {
        read_value!($iter, String).into_bytes()
    };

    ($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

fn main() {
    use std::io::Read;
    let mut s = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();

    println!("{}", solve(&s));
}

macro_rules! test {
    ($($input:expr => $output:expr),* $(,)*) => {
        #[test]
        fn solve_test() {
            $(
                assert_eq!(solve($input), $output);
            )*
        }
    };
}

test! {
r#"3
2 5"# => "9",

r#"2
3"# => "6",

r#"6
0 153 10 10 23"# => "52",
}

// 23, 0, 10, 10, 10

fn solve(src: &str) -> String {
    input! {
        source = src,
        n: usize,
        b: [usize; n - 1],
    }

    let mut ans = b[0] + b[n - 2]; // B0 = max(A0, A1)
    // print!("{}, ", ans);

    for i in 0..n - 2 {
        let a = std::cmp::min(b[i + 1], b[i]);
        ans += a;
        // print!("{}, ", a);
    }
    ans.to_string()
}