#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int INF = 100000;
int main(){
  int H, W;
  cin >> H >> W;
  vector<vector<char>> S(H, vector<char>(W));
  for (int i = 0; i < H; i++){
    for (int j = 0; j < W; j++){
      cin >> S[i][j];
    }
  }
  vector<int> cnt(H + W - 1, 0);
  vector<vector<int>> x(H + W - 1), y(H + W - 1);
  vector<vector<int>> id(H, vector<int>(W));
  for (int i = 0; i < H; i++){
    for (int j = 0; j < W; j++){
      id[i][j] = cnt[i + j];
      cnt[i + j]++;
      x[i + j].push_back(i);
      y[i + j].push_back(j);
    }
  }
  vector<vector<vector<int>>> E(H + W - 1);
  for (int i = 0; i < H + W - 1; i++){
    E[i].resize(cnt[i]);
  }
  for (int i = 0; i < H; i++){
    for (int j = 0; j < W; j++){
      if (i < H - 1){
        E[i + j][id[i][j]].push_back(id[i + 1][j]);
      }
      if (j < W - 1){
        E[i + j][id[i][j]].push_back(id[i][j + 1]);
      }
    }
  }
  vector<vector<int>> dp(H + W - 1);
  vector<vector<int>> nxt(H + W - 1);
  for (int i = 0; i < H + W - 1; i++){
    dp[i].resize(cnt[i]);
    nxt[i].resize(cnt[i]);
  }
  dp[H + W - 2][0] = 0;
  for (int i = H + W - 3; i >= 0; i--){
    vector<pair<char, int>> P(cnt[i]);
    for (int j = 0; j < cnt[i]; j++){
      int mn = INF;
      for (int k : E[i][j]){
        mn = min(mn, dp[i + 1][k]);
      }
      P[j] = make_pair(S[x[i][j]][y[i][j]], mn);
      for (int k : E[i][j]){
        if (dp[i + 1][k] == mn){
          nxt[i][j] = k;
        }
      }
    }
    vector<pair<char, int>> P2 = P;
    sort(P2.begin(), P2.end());
    P2.erase(unique(P2.begin(), P2.end()), P2.end());
    for (int j = 0; j < cnt[i]; j++){
      dp[i][j] = lower_bound(P2.begin(), P2.end(), P[j]) - P2.begin();
    }
  }
  string ans;
  int p = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < H + W - 1; i++){
    ans += S[x[i][p]][y[i][p]];
    if (i < H + W - 2){
      p = nxt[i][p];
    }
  }
  cout << ans << endl;
}