100721: [AtCoder]ABC072 B - OddString
Memory Limit:256 MB
Time Limit:2 S
Judge Style:Text Compare
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Description
Score : $200$ points
Problem Statement
You are given a string $s$ consisting of lowercase English letters. Extract all the characters in the odd-indexed positions and print the string obtained by concatenating them. Here, the leftmost character is assigned the index $1$.
Constraints
- Each character in $s$ is a lowercase English letter.
- $1≤|s|≤10^5$
Input
The input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
$s$
Output
Print the string obtained by concatenating all the characters in the odd-numbered positions.
Sample Input 1
atcoder
Sample Output 1
acdr
Extract the first character a
, the third character c
, the fifth character d
and the seventh character r
to obtain acdr
.
Sample Input 2
aaaa
Sample Output 2
aa
Sample Input 3
z
Sample Output 3
z
Sample Input 4
fukuokayamaguchi
Sample Output 4
fkoaaauh