UVa 213 - Message Decoding

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cctype>
using namespace std;

int readin(int n)
{
    char c;
    int sum = 0;
    while (n--)
    {
        cin >> c;
        while (!isdigit(c))
        {
            cin >> c;
        }
        sum *= 2;
        sum += c - '0';
    }
    return sum;
}

int main()
{
    string key;
    while (getline(cin, key))
    {
        while (true)
        {
            int len = readin(3);
            if (len == 0)
                break;
            while (true)
            {
                int num = readin(len);
                if (num == (1 << len) - 1)
                    break;
                num += (1 << len) - len - 1;
                cout << key[num];
            }
        }
        cout << endl;
        getline(cin, key);
    }
    return 0;
}