Comparing Strings

AtCoder

IDabc152_b

Time2000ms

Memory256MB

Difficulty—

Given are $1$\-digit positive integers $a$ and $b$. Consider these two strings: the concatenation of $b$ copies of the digit $a$, and the concatenation of $a$ copies of the digit $b$. Which of these is lexicographically smaller? ## Constraints * $1 \leq a \leq 9$ * $1 \leq b \leq 9$ * $a$ and $b$ are integers. ## Input Input is given from Standard Input in the following format: $a$ $b$ [samples]

Samples

Input #1

4 3

Output #1

3333

We have two strings `444` and `3333`. Between them, `3333` is the lexicographically smaller.

Input #2

7 7

Output #2

API Response (JSON)

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