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import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.security.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.function.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
import java.util.stream.*;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
public class Solution {
// superReducedString function
static String superReducedString(String s) {
// StringBuffer is more efficient than String
StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(s);
// iterate through string
for(int i = 1; i < str.length(); i++) {
if(str.charAt(i) == str.charAt(i-1)) {
str.delete(i-1, i+1); // deleting a pair of letter
i = 0; // restarting
}
}
// check for the string length
if(str.length() == 0)
return "Empty String";
else
return str.toString();
}
// main function
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(System.getenv("OUTPUT_PATH")));
String s = bufferedReader.readLine();
String result = superReducedString(s);
bufferedWriter.write(result);
bufferedWriter.newLine();
bufferedReader.close();
bufferedWriter.close();
}
}