Go: // Find the minimum spanning tree by the Kruskal algorithm
// -------------------------------------------------------
// Kruskal(G):
//     A = ∅
//     foreach v ∈ G.V:
//        MAKE-SET(v)
//     foreach (u, v) in G.E ordered by weight(u, v), increasing:
//         if FIND-SET(u) ≠ FIND-SET(v):
//             A = A ∪ {(u, v)}
//             UNION(u, v)
//     return A
//
// Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruskal%27s_algorithm

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"os"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"fmt"
	)

var scanner = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
var (
	matrix [][]int
)

type Edge struct {
	a, b, cost, added int
}
type ByCost []Edge

var edges ByCost

func (a ByCost) Len() int           { return len(a) }
func (a ByCost) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
func (a ByCost) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].cost < a[j].cost }

func main() {
	for scanner.Scan() {
		buf := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), " ")
		n, _ := strconv.Atoi(buf[0])
		m, _ := strconv.Atoi(buf[1])
		if n == 0 && m == 0 {
			break
		}
		matrix = make([][]int, n)
		for i := range matrix {
			matrix[i] = make([]int, n)
		}
		for i := 0; i < m; i++ {
			scanner.Scan()
			buf_ := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), " ")
			a, _ := strconv.Atoi(buf_[0])
			b, _ := strconv.Atoi(buf_[1])
			cost, _ := strconv.Atoi(buf_[2])
			matrix[a][b] = cost
			matrix[b][a] = cost
		}
		sum := Kruskal(n)
		fmt.Println(sum)
		if len(edges) > 0 {
			edges = []Edge{}
		}
	}
}

func Kruskal_func(size, edge_num int) int {
	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
		for j := 0; j < size; j++ {
			if matrix[i][j] > 0 {
				tmp := Edge{i, j, matrix[i][j], 0}
				edges = append(edges, tmp)
			}
		}
	}
	sort.Sort(ByCost(edges))
	UF_Init(edge_num)
	for i := 0; i < edge_num; i++ {
		a := edges[i].a
		b := edges[i].b
		if UF_Find(a) != UF_Find(b) {
			edges[i].added = 1
			UF_Union(UF_Find(a), UF_Find(b))
		}
	}
	sum := 0
	for i := 0; i < edge_num; i++ {
		if edges[i].added != 0 {
			// log.Printf("edge(%d,%d) is added\n", edges[i].a, edges[i].b)
			sum += edges[i].cost
		}
	}
	return sum
}

func Kruskal(size int) int {
	edge_num := 0
	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
		for j := 0; j < size; j++ {
			if matrix[i][j] > 0 {
				edge_num++
			}
		}
	}
	return Kruskal_func(size, edge_num)
}

/*** Union-Find functions ***/
var UF_Parent []int
var UF_Rank []int

func UF_Init(n int) {
	UF_Parent = make([]int, n)
	UF_Rank = make([]int, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		UF_Parent[i] = i
		UF_Rank[i] = 0
	}
}
func UF_Union(a, b int) {
	if UF_Rank[a] < UF_Rank[b] {
		UF_Parent[a] = b
	} else {
		UF_Parent[b] = a
	}
	if UF_Rank[a] == UF_Rank[b] {
		UF_Rank[a]++
	}
}
func UF_Find(a int) int {
	if UF_Parent[a] == a {
		return a
	}
	return UF_Find(UF_Parent[a])
}
/*** Union-Find functions ***/

C++: /* {{{ Shinobu kawaii */
/*
  ______   __        _                  __                 
.' ____ \ [  |      (_)                [  |                
| (___ \_| | |--.   __   _ .--.   .--.  | |.--.   __   _   
 _.____`.  | .-. | [  | [ `.-. |/ .'`\ \| '/'`\ \[  | | |  
| \____) | | | | |  | |  | | | || \__. ||  \__/ | | \_/ |, 
 \______.'[___]|__][___][___||__]'.__.'[__;.__.'  '.__.'_/ 

*/
// clang-format off
/* }}} */

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// #define int long long
struct Fast {Fast(){std::cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);}} fast;

/* cpp template {{{ */

/* short */
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define mp make_pair
#define Fi first
#define Se second
#define ALL(v) begin(v), end(v)
#define RALL(v) rbegin(v), rend(v)
#define X real()
#define Y imag()

/* REPmacro */
#define REPS(i, a, n) for (ll i = (a); i < (ll)(n); ++i)
#define REP(i, n) REPS(i, 0, n)
#define RREP(i, n) REPS(i, 1, n + 1)
#define DEPS(i, a, n) for (ll i = (a); i >= (ll)(n); --i)
#define DEP(i, n) DEPS(i, n, 0)

/* debug */
#define debug(x) cerr << x << " " << "(L:" << __LINE__ << ")" << '\n';

/* alias */
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vvvi = vector<vvi>;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using D = double;
using P = complex<D>;
using vs = vector<string>;
template <typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T>;
template <typename T> using minPQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

/* const */
const int INF = 1001001001;
const ll LINF = 1001001001001001001ll;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const D EPS = 1e-9;
const int dx[] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1}, dy[] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1};

/* func */
inline bool inside(int y, int x, int H, int W) {return y >= 0 && x >= 0 && y < H && x < W;}
inline int in() {int x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline ll IN() {ll x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline vs split(const string& t, char c) {vs v; stringstream s(t); string b; while(getline(s, b, c)) v.eb(b); return v;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) {if (a > b) a = b; return a > b;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) {if (a < b) a = b; return a < b;}
template <typename T, typename S> inline void print(const pair<T, S>& p) {cout << p.first << " " << p.second << endl;}
template <typename T> inline void print(const T& x) {cout << x << '\n';}
template <typename T, typename S> inline void print(const vector<pair<T, S>>& v) {for (auto&& p : v) print(p);}
template <typename T> inline void print(const vector<T>& v, string s = " ") {REP(i, v.size()) cout << v[i] << (i != (ll)v.size() - 1 ? s : "\n");}
// clang-format on
/* }}} */

struct Edge {
  Edge() {}
  Edge(int a, int c) { to = a; cost = c; }
  int to, cost;
};

int n, m;
vector<Edge> g[100];

int prim() {
  minPQ<pii> q;
  bool vis[100] = {};
  
  q.emplace(0, 0);
  int res = 0;
  while (q.size()) {
    auto t = q.top(); q.pop();
    if (vis[t.Se]) continue;
    vis[t.Se] = true;
    res += t.Fi;
    for (auto e : g[t.Se]) {
      q.emplace(e.cost, e.to);
    }
  }

  return res;
}

signed main() {
  while (cin >> n >> m, n || m) {
    fill(ALL(g), vector<Edge>());
    REP(i, m) {
      int a, b, c;
      cin >> a >> b >> c;
      g[a].eb(b, c);
      g[b].eb(a, c);
    }
    print(prim());
  }

  return 0;
}

C++: #include<iostream>
#include<cstdio>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;

struct Edge{
	int a,b,cost;
	bool operator <(const Edge &a)const{
		return cost<a.cost;
	}
};

int par[100],rank_[100];

void init(int n){
	for(int i=0;i<n;i++) par[i] = i, rank_[i] = 1;
}

int find(int x){
	if(par[x]==x) return x;
	return par[x] = find(par[x]);
}

bool unite(int a_,int b_){
	int a = find(a_), b = find(b_);
	if(a==b) return false;
	if(rank_[a]<rank_[b]){
		par[a] = b;
	}
	else{
		par[b] = a;
		if(rank_[a]==rank_[b]) rank_[a]++;
	}
	return true;
}

int main(){
	int N,M;
	Edge e[10000];
	while(cin>>N>>M,N||M){
		init(N);
		for(int i=0;i<M;i++) cin>>e[i].a>>e[i].b>>e[i].cost;
		sort(e,e+M);
		int ans = 0;
		for(int i=0;i<M;i++){
			if(unite(e[i].a,e[i].b)) ans += e[i].cost;
		}
		printf("%d\n",ans);
	}
	return 0;
}