import java.util.*;

public class Main {
		public static void main(String[] args) {
			
			Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
			
			int a = sc.nextInt();
			int b = sc.nextInt();
			
	 StringBuilder A = new StringBuilder();
	 StringBuilder B = new StringBuilder();
	 
	 for(int i=0; i<b; i++) {
		   A.append(a);
	 }
	 for(int i=0; i<a; i++) {
		   B.append(b);
	 }
	 if(a<b) {
		 System.out.println(A);
	 }else {
		 System.out.println(B);
	 }
			
		}
}
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