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)

#![allow(unused_imports, unused_macros, dead_code)]

macro_rules! min {
    (.. $x:expr) => {{
        let mut it = $x.iter();
        it.next().map(|z| it.fold(z, |x, y| min!(x, y)))
    }};
    ($x:expr) => ($x);
    ($x:expr, $($ys:expr),*) => {{
        let t = min!($($ys),*);
        if $x < t { $x } else { t }
    }}
}
macro_rules! max {
    (.. $x:expr) => {{
        let mut it = $x.iter();
        it.next().map(|z| it.fold(z, |x, y| max!(x, y)))
    }};
    ($x:expr) => ($x);
    ($x:expr, $($ys:expr),*) => {{
        let t = max!($($ys),*);
        if $x > t { $x } else { t }
    }}
}


macro_rules! ewriteln {
    ($($args:expr),*) => { let _ = writeln!(&mut std::io::stderr(), $($args),*); };
}
macro_rules! trace {
    ($x:expr) => { ewriteln!(">>> {} = {:?}", stringify!($x), $x) };
    ($($xs:expr),*) => { trace!(($($xs),*)) }
}
macro_rules! put {
    (.. $x:expr) => {{
        let mut it = $x.iter();
        if let Some(x) = it.next() { print!("{}", x); }
        for x in it { print!(" {}", x); }
        println!("");
    }};
    ($x:expr) => { println!("{}", $x) };
    ($x:expr, $($xs:expr),*) => { print!("{} ", $x); put!($($xs),*) }
}

const M: i64 = 1_000_000_007;

fn main() {
    let mut sc = Scanner::new();
    let n: usize = sc.cin();
    let b: Vec<i64> = (1..n).map(|_| sc.cin()).collect();
    let mut ans = 0;
    for i in 0..n {
        let a = if i == 0 {
            b[0]
        } else if i == n - 1 {
            b[n - 2]
        } else {
            min!(b[i - 1], b[i])
        };
        ans += a;
    }
    put!(ans);
}

use std::io::{self, Write};
use std::str::FromStr;
use std::collections::VecDeque;

struct Scanner { stdin: io::Stdin, buffer: VecDeque<String>, }
impl Scanner {
    fn new() -> Self { Scanner { stdin: io::stdin(), buffer: VecDeque::new() } }
    fn cin<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        while self.buffer.len() == 0 {
            let mut line = String::new();
            let _ = self.stdin.read_line(&mut line);
            for w in line.split_whitespace() {
                self.buffer.push_back(String::from(w));
            }
        }
        self.buffer.pop_front().unwrap().parse::<T>().ok().unwrap()
    }
}