s = input() if len(s) == 1: print(s) else: max_len = 1 k = 0 for i in range(len(s)): l, r = i, i while l >= 0 and r < len(s) and s[l] == s[r]: current_len = r - l + 1 if current_len > max_len: max_len = current_len k = l l -= 1 r += 1 l, r = i, i + 1 while l >= 0 and r < len(s) and s[l] == s[r]: current_len = r - l + 1 if current_len > max_len: max_len = current_len k = l l -= 1 r += 1 print(s[k:k + max_len])