package zh.codegym.task.task19.task1906;

/*
偶数字符
*/

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Solution {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
        BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String fileName1=br.readLine();
        String fileName2=br.readLine();
        br.close();

        FileReader fr=new FileReader(fileName1);
        FileWriter fw=new FileWriter(fileName2);
        int count=0;

        while(fr.ready()){
            if(count%2==1){
                fw.write(fr.read());
            }
            count++;
        }
        fr.close();
        fw.close();
    }
}