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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main() {
	string s;
	cin >> s;
	int start = 0;
	int end = s.size() - 1;
	while (start <= end && s[start] == '*')
		start++;
	while (start <= end && s[end] == '*')
		end--;
	for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
		if (start <= i && i <= end && s[i] == '*')
			continue;
		else
			cout << s[i];
	}
	return 0;
}