using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using static System.Math;
    using static System.Console;
    using static CS_Contest.Utils;
    using System.IO;
    //using static CS_Contest.Library;
     
    namespace CS_Contest {
    	using Li = List<int>;
    	using LLi = List<List<int>>;
    	using Ls = List<string>;
    	using Ll = List<long>;
    	using LLl = List<List<long>>;
    	class Program {
    		static void Main(string[] args) {
    			var sw = new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
    			SetOut(sw);
    			new Calc().Solve();
    			Out.Flush();
    			return;
            }
     
    		private class Calc {
    			public void Solve() {
    				string S = ReadLine();
    				S.Select((x, i) => new { x, i }).Where(x => x.i % 2 == 0).Select(x=>x.x).StringJoin("").WL();
     
    				return;
    			}
     
    			
    		}
    	}
     
     
    	public static class Utils {
    		public static int ModValue = (int)(1000000007);
    		public static long INF = long.MaxValue;
    		public static long Mod(long x) => x % ModValue;
    		public static long ModPow(long x,long n) { long tmp = 1; while (n != 0) { if (n % 2 == 1) { tmp = Mod(tmp * x); }x = Mod(x * x);n /= 2; }return tmp; }
    		public static long DivMod(long x, long y) => Mod(x * ModPow(y, (long)(1e9 + 5)));
            public static void WL(this object obj) => WriteLine(obj);
            public static void WL(this string obj) => WriteLine(obj);
            public static void WL<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list) => list.ToList().ForEach(x => x.WL());
    		public static int ReadInt() => int.Parse(ReadLine());
    		public static List<int> ReadInt(char s) => ReadLine().Split(s).Where(x=>x!="").Select(int.Parse).ToList();
    		public static long ReadLong() => long.Parse(ReadLine());
    		public static List<long> ReadLong(char s) => ReadLine().Split(s).Select(long.Parse).ToList();
    		public static void ReadMulti(out int x, out int y) {
    			var i = ReadInt(' ');
    			x = i[0]; y = i[1];
     
    		}
    		public static void ReadMulti(out long x, out long y) {
    			var i = ReadLong(' ');
    			x = i[0];y = i[1];
    		}
    		public static void ReadMulti(out int x, out int y, out int z) {
    			var i = ReadInt(' ');
    			x = i[0];y = i[1];z = i[2];
    		}
    		public static void ReadMulti(out int x, out int y, out int z, out int v) {
    			var i = ReadInt(' ');
    			x = i[0]; y = i[1]; z = i[2];v = i[3];
    		}
     
    		public static string StringJoin<T>(this IEnumerable<T> l,string separator) => string.Join(separator, l);
     
    		public static long GCD(long m,long n) {
    			long tmp;
    			if (m < n) { tmp = n;n = m;m = tmp; }
    			while(m%n!=0) {
    				tmp = n;
    				n = m % n;
    				m = tmp;
    			}
    			return n;
    		}
    		public static long LCM(long m, long n) => m * (n / GCD(m, n));
     
    		public static void REP(int n,Action<int> act) {
    			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    				act(i);
    			}
    		}
    		public static void RREP(int n,Action<int> act) {
    			for (int i = n-1; i >=0; i--) {
    				act(i);
    			}
    		}
    		public static void REP(long n, Action<int> act) => REP((int)n, act);
    		public static void RREP(long n, Action<int> act) => RREP((int)n, act);
     
    		public static void Yes() => "Yes".WL();
    		public static void No() => "No".WL();
    		public static void YES() => "YES".WL();
    		public static void NO() => "NO".WL();
     
     
    		public static int ManhattanDistance(int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2) => Abs(x2 - x1) + Abs(y2 - y1);
     
     
    		public class Vector2 {
    			public int X { get; set; }
    			public int Y { get; set; }
    			public Vector2() { X = 0; Y = 0; }
    			public Vector2(int x, int y) { X = x; Y = y; }
    			public int ManhattanDistance(Vector2 v2) {
    				return Utils.ManhattanDistance(X, Y, v2.X, v2.Y);
    			}
    			public static int ManhattanDistance(Vector2 v1, Vector2 v2) => v2.ManhattanDistance(v2);
    			public double Distance(Vector2 v2) => Sqrt(Pow(X - v2.X, 2) + Pow(Y - v2.Y, 2));
    			public static Vector2 Zero { get { return new Vector2(); } }
    			public void Clear() { X = 0; Y = 0; }
    		}
     
    		public static Tuple<TKey, TSource> ToTuple<TKey, TSource>(this KeyValuePair<TKey, TSource> kvp) => new Tuple<TKey, TSource>(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
    		public static IEnumerable<Tuple<TKey, TSource>> ToTupleList<TKey, TSource>(this Dictionary<TKey, TSource> d) => d.Select(_ => _.ToTuple());
    	}
    }

Measured memory_bytes: 13920