/**
 * Author: Josiah Yoder
 * Class: SE1051-011
 * Lesson: Week 5, Day 3
 */

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Example051_5_3 {
    public static void main(String[] ignored){
        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

//        String str = "aa*aa"; // aa
        String str = "ab*cd"; // ad
        int i;

        String result = "";

        // Partial solution.  Does not check beginning and end cases.
        // As a result, this will nearly always crash.
        // But it also is the start of a correct program.
        for(i=0;  i < str.length()  ;  i++) {
            if(str.charAt(i)!='*' &&  str.charAt(i+1)!='*'
                  && str.charAt(i-1)!='*')   {
                result += str.charAt(i);
            }
        }

        System.out.println(result);

    }
}