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#!/usr/bin/python
from itertools import groupby


    

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def lookandsay( instr ):
  newstr = ""
  repeats = [list(g) for k, g in groupby(str( instr ))]
  for group in repeats:
    newstr += str(len(group)) + str(group[0])
  return newstr


    

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input = "1321131112"

n = 40 #star 1 input
#n = 50 #star 2 input


for r in range(n):
  input = lookandsay ( input )
print (len(input))


    

    




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