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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class LargestNumber {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		int n = scanner.nextInt();
		String[] a = new String[n];
		for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
			a[i] = scanner.next();
		}
		System.out.println(getLargestNumber(a));
	}

	public static String getLargestNumber(String[] numbers) {
		List<String> numList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(numbers));
		String result = "";
		String maxDigit = "0";
		int indexHolder = 0;
		while (numList.size() > 0) {
			for (int i = 0; i < numList.size(); i++) {
				if (compareLeadingDigit(numList.get(i), maxDigit)) {
					maxDigit = numList.get(i);
					indexHolder = i;
				}
			}
			result = result + maxDigit;
			maxDigit = "0";
			numList.remove(indexHolder);
		}
		return result;
	}

	public static boolean compareLeadingDigit(String string, String maxDigit) {
		if (string.length() == maxDigit.length())
			return Integer.parseInt(string) > Integer.parseInt(maxDigit);
		if (string.length() < maxDigit.length()) {
			if (string.charAt(0) > maxDigit.charAt(0)) {
				return true;
			} else if (string.charAt(0) < maxDigit.charAt(0)) {
				return false;
			} else if (string.charAt(0) > maxDigit.charAt(1)) {
				return true;
			} else if (string.charAt(0) < maxDigit.charAt(1)) {
				return false;
			} else if (maxDigit.length() == 2)
				return false;
			else {
				return string.charAt(0) > maxDigit.charAt(2);
			}
		} else {
			return !compareLeadingDigit(maxDigit, string);
		}
	}

}