import mystic_bbs as bbs;

def stripmci (str):
	pos = str.find("|")

	while pos != -1:
		str = str[:pos] + str[pos+3:]
		pos = str.find("|")

	return str
		
def mcilen (str):

	return len(stripmci(str))

	
text = "|12This is a |14test";

bbs.rwriteln(stripmci(text));
bbs.rwriteln(str(mcilen(text)))

bbs.writeln("|PA")