#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define ll long long
using namespace std;
void remove(char in[],char ou[],int i,int j,int o){
if(in[j]=='\0'){
ou[o++] = in[i];
ou[o++] = '\0';
return;
}
else{
if(in[i]==in[j]){
ou[o++] = in[i];
ou[o++] = '*';
remove(in,ou,i+1,j+1,o);
}
else{
ou[o++] = in[i];
remove(in,ou,i+1,j+1,o);
}
}
}
int main()
{
char inp[100000];
cin >>inp;
char out[100000];
remove(inp,out,0,1,0);
cout<<out;
}