/*
*  ________________________________________
*      | |     / / 
*      | |    / /   Pritish Thakkar !
*  ____|_|_ _/_/___________________________
*      | |  / /   
*      | | / /      Dream Big ! Work Hard !  
*  ____|_|/_/______________________________
*/

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define         pb                      push_back
#define         mkp                     make_pair
#define         inf                     1000000007
#define         REV(i, x, y)            for(int i = x ; i >= y ; i-- )
#define         FOR(i, x, y)            for(int i = x ; i <= y ; i++ )
#define         rep(i, n)               for(int i = 0 ; i < n ; i++  )
#define         fr                      first
#define         sc                      second
#define         clr(a)                  memset(a,0LL,sizeof a);
#define         pi                      3.141592653589793
#define         gc                      getchar
#define         all(v)                  v.begin(), v.end()
#define         filein                  freopen("input.in" , "r" , stdin)
#define         fileout                 freopen("output.out" , "w" , stdout)
#define         test                    ll t; cin >> t; while(t--)
#define         ntest                   ll t; t = 1;    while(t--)
#define         sz(x)                   x.size()
#define         pass                    {}

using           namespace               std;

typedef         unsigned long long      ull;
typedef         long long               ll;
typedef         vector<ll>              vi;
typedef         pair<ll,ll>             ii;
typedef         vector<ii>              vii;
typedef         set<ll>::iterator       sit;
typedef         map<ll,ll>::iterator    mit;
typedef         vector<int>::iterator   vit;

template<class T>inline bool read(T &x){int c=gc();int sgn=1;while(~c&&c<'0'||c>'9'){if(c=='-')sgn=-1;c=gc();}for(x=0;~c&&'0'<=c&&c<='9';c=gc())x=x*10+c-'0';x*=sgn;return ~c;}

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bool isUpper(char c) {return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z');}
bool isLower(char c) {return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z');}
bool iplpha(char c) {return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')||(c >= 'a' && c <= 'z');}
bool iplnum(char c) {return (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')||(c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')||(c >= '0' && c <= '9');}
char toUpper(char c){return isUpper(c)?c:c-'a'+'A';}
char toLower(char c){return isLower(c)?c:c+'a'-'A';}
template<typename t> t gcd(t a, t b){return ((b == 0) ? a : gcd(b, a%b));} 
template<typename t> t lcm(t a, t b){return (a * (b / gcd(a, b)));}

ll modpow(ll base, ll expo, ll mod){
base  = base % mod;
ll ret = 1LL;
while(expo > 0){
    if(expo & 1LL){ret =( ret * base) % mod;}
    base = (base * base )% mod;expo >>= 1LL;
}
return ret;
}

bool p[10000001];
vi primes;
void sieve(ll n){
memset(p,1,sizeof p);
p[0] = p[1] = 0;
for(int i = 2 ; i <= sqrt(n) ; i++){
    if(p[i]){
        for(int j = i * i ; j < n ; j+=i){p[j] = 0;}
    }
}
for(int i = 2 ; i <= n ; i ++){if(p[i]){primes.pb(i);}}
}

bool isPrime(ll n){
if(n < 1000001){
    return p[n];
}
ll ans = 0;
for(int i= 0 ; i < primes.size() && primes[i] * primes[i] <= n  ; i ++){
    if(n % primes[i] == 0){return 0;}
}return 1;
}

ll phi(ll n){
ll ans = n;
vi v;
v.clear();
for(int i = 0; i < primes.size() && primes[i] * primes[i] <= n; i ++){
    if(n % primes[i] == 0){
        v.push_back(primes[i]);
        while(n % primes[i] == 0){
            n /= primes[i];
        }
    }
}
if(n != 1){
    v.push_back(n);}
for(int i = 0 ; i < v.size() ; i ++){
    ans = ans - ans / v[i];
}
return ans;
}

ull nCr(ll n, ll r){
if(r > n / 2){
    r = n - r;
}
ull ret = 1;
for(ll i = 1 ; i<= r ; i ++){
    ret *=  (n - r + i);
    ret /= i;
}
return ret;
}

template<class T >
string toString(T n){
string v = "";
while(n){
    v.pb(n % 10 + '0');
    n /= 10;
}
reverse(all(v));
return v;
}

ll toInt(string s){
ll ret = 0;
for(int i = 0 ; i < s.size() ; i ++){
    ret = ret * 10 + (s[i] - '0');
}
return ret;
}

ll binary_search(ll *a, int lo, int hi, ll key){
while(lo <= hi){
    ll mid = (lo + hi) / 2;
    if(a[mid] == key){
        return mid;
    }else if(a[mid] < key){
        lo = mid + 1;
    }else{
        hi = mid - 1;
    }
}
return -1;
}



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const int N = 1e6+1;
std::vector< vii > adj(N);
int color[N];

bool fun(ll foo){
queue<ll> q;
color[foo] = 0;    
q.push(foo);
bool ret = 1;
while(!q.empty()){
    ll top = q.front();
    q.pop();
    for(int i = 0 ; i < adj[top].size() ; i ++){
        ll bar = adj[top][i].fr;
        ll diff = adj[top][i].sc;
        if(color[bar] == -1){
            if(diff == 1){
                color[bar] = 1 - color[top];
            }else{
                color[bar] = color[top];
            }
            q.push(bar);
        }
        else if(diff == 1 and color[bar] == color[top]){
            return 0;
        }else if(diff == 0 and color[bar] != color[top]){
            return 0;
        }
    }        
}
return ret;
}


void solve(){
    string s;
    cin >> s;
    for(int i = 0 ; i < s.size() ; i ++){
        if(!(i & 1)){
            cout << s[i] ;
        }
    }
}
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void donuts(){
filein; 
// fileout;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
std::ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
//donuts();
solve();
}




Measured memory_bytes: 26064