The DECIMATOR

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Write a DECIMATOR function which takes a string and decimates it (i.e. it removes the last 1/10 of the characters).

Always round up: if the string has 21 characters, 1/10 of the characters would be 2.1 characters, hence the DECIMATOR removes 3 characters. The DECIMATOR shows no mercy!

Examples

decimator("1234567890") ➞ "123456789"
# 10 characters, removed 1.

decimator("1234567890AB") ➞ "1234567890"
# 12 characters, removed 2.

decimator("123") ➞ "12"
# 3 characters, removed 1.

decimator("123456789012345678901") ➞ "123456789012345678"
# 21 characters, removed 3.

Notes

Make sure to remove characters from the end of the string.

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