Pr8R2ex5

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace test
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            string a = Console.ReadLine ();
            StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder (a);
            int n = str.Length;
            if (n % 2 == 0) {
                int idx = n / 2 - 1;
                str.Remove (idx, 2);
            } else {
                int idx = n / 2;
                str.Remove (idx, 1);
            }
            Console.WriteLine ("New string = {0}", str);
        }
    }
}