#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
 
int main() {
short int t,i;
cin>>t;
string a;
while(t--)
{
getline(cin,a);
cout<<"length of string is "<<a.length()<<endl;
for(i=0;i<a.length()/2;i+=2)
{
cout<<a[i];
}
cout<<endl;
}
return 0;
}