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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+def concatenationValue(ints):
+    if len(ints) == 0: # no elements
+        return 0
+    if len(ints) == 1: # one element
+        return ints[0]
+
+    first = ints.pop(0);  # first element
+    last  = ints.pop(-1); # last element
+    concat = int(f"{first}{last}") # concatenate and convert
+
+    return concat + concatenationValue(ints)
+
+def comma_join(arr):
+    return ', '.join(map(lambda i: str(i), arr))
+
+def solution(ints):
+    print(f'Input: @ints = ({comma_join(ints)})')
+    value = concatenationValue(ints)
+    print(f'Output: {value}')
+
+print('Example 1:')
+solution([6, 12, 25, 1])
+
+print('\nExample 2:')
+solution([10, 7, 31, 5, 2, 2])
+
+print('\nExample 3:')
+solution([1, 2, 10])