Every Other Character

You are given a non-empty string (s). Your task is to output a new string that consists of every other character from (s), starting with the first character. For example, if the input is abcdef, the expected output is ace.

Make sure that your solution reads from standard input (stdin) and writes to standard output (stdout).

inputFormat

A single line containing the string (s). The string can include letters, digits, and special characters. Its length is in the range (0 \leq |s| \leq 10^5).

outputFormat

A single line containing the resulting string formed by taking every other character from (s), starting with the first character.## sample

abcdef

ace