using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var a = "123456789";

            var b = a.ToCharArray();

            var c = new char[b.Length - 1];

            for (int i = 0; i < c.Length; i++)

            {

                c[i] = b[i];

            }

            var d = new String(c);

        Console.WriteLine(d);

    }

}