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)

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//https://github.com/manta1130/Competitive_Programming_Template_Rust

#[macro_use]
mod input {

    use std;
    use std::io;

    const SPLIT_DELIMITER: char = ' ';

    #[macro_export]
    #[allow(unused_macros)]
    macro_rules! input {
    ( $($x:expr ),*) => {
        {
            let temp_str = input_line_str();
            let mut split_result_iter = temp_str.split_whitespace();
                $(
                let buf_split_result = split_result_iter.next();
                let buf_split_result = buf_split_result.unwrap();
                    ($x) = buf_split_result.parse().unwrap();
                )*
        }
    };
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn input_line_str() -> String {
        let mut s = String::new();
        io::stdin().read_line(&mut s).unwrap();
        s.trim().to_string()
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn p<T>(t: T)
    where
        T: std::fmt::Display,
    {
        println!("{}", t);
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn input_vector2d<T>(line: usize) -> Vec<Vec<T>>
    where
        T: std::str::FromStr,
    {
        let mut v: Vec<Vec<T>> = Vec::new();

        for _ in 0..line {
            let vec_line = input_vector();
            v.push(vec_line);
        }
        v
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn input_vector<T>() -> Vec<T>
    where
        T: std::str::FromStr,
    {
        let mut v: Vec<T> = Vec::new();

        let s = input_line_str();
        let split_result = s.split(SPLIT_DELIMITER);
        for z in split_result {
            let buf = match z.parse() {
                Ok(r) => r,
                Err(_) => panic!("Parse Error"),
            };
            v.push(buf);
        }
        v
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn input_vector_row<T>(n: usize) -> Vec<T>
    where
        T: std::str::FromStr,
    {
        let mut v = Vec::with_capacity(n);
        for _ in 0..n {
            let buf = match input_line_str().parse() {
                Ok(r) => r,
                Err(_) => panic!("Parse Error"),
            };
            v.push(buf);
        }
        v
    }

    pub trait ToCharVec {
        fn to_charvec(&self) -> Vec<char>;
    }

    impl ToCharVec for String {
        fn to_charvec(&self) -> Vec<char> {
            self.to_string().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    }
}

use input::*;
use std::cmp;

fn main() {
    let n: usize;
    input!(n);
    let b = input_vector::<usize>();

    let mut ans = b[0];

    for i in 1..n - 1 {
        ans += cmp::min(b[i], b[i - 1]);
    }
    p(ans + b[n - 2]);
}