Write a program that, given a string $s$, removes every other letter from
$s$ starting at index
$1$.
Input
Input consists of one line containing a (the) string
$s$, and $1 \leq |s| \leq 10^6$, where
$|s|$ denotes the length
of the string $s$.
Output
Output consists of one line containing what remains of the
input string $s$ (the
odd-numbered characters), after the even-numbered characters
have been removed.
| Sample Input 1 |
Sample Output 1 |
engage
|
egg
|
| Sample Input 2 |
Sample Output 2 |
weekend
|
weed
|
| Sample Input 3 |
Sample Output 3 |
the prince is here
|
tepic shr
|
| Sample Input 4 |
Sample Output 4 |
drainage
|
dang
|
| Sample Input 5 |
Sample Output 5 |
thesaurus
|
tears
|
| Sample Input 6 |
Sample Output 6 |
al
|
a
|
