#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <cfloat>
#include <map>
//#include <utility>
#include <set>
#include <iostream>
//#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
//#include <functional>
#include <sstream>
//#include <deque>
#include <complex>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <cstdio>
//#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
//#include <ctime>
#include <iterator>
#include <bitset>
//#include <numeric>
//#include <list>
//#include <iomanip>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <array>
#include <tuple>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <forward_list>

#define cauto const auto&
#else

#endif

using namespace std;


namespace{
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;

typedef vector<int> vint;
typedef vector<vector<int> > vvint;
typedef vector<long long> vll, vLL;
typedef vector<vector<long long> > vvll, vvLL;

#define VV(T) vector<vector< T > >

template <class T>
void initvv(vector<vector<T> > &v, int a, int b, const T &t = T()){
    v.assign(a, vector<T>(b, t));
}

template <class F, class T>
void convert(const F &f, T &t){
    stringstream ss;
    ss << f;
    ss >> t;
}


#define reep(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define rep(i,n) reep((i),0,(n))
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define PB push_back
#define F first
#define S second
#define mkp make_pair
#define RALL(v) (v).rbegin(),(v).rend()


#define MOD 1000000007LL
#define EPS 1e-8
static const int INF=1<<24;

class UF {
	public:
	static const int ufmax=100052;
	int ufpar[ufmax],ufrank[ufmax],ufcnt[ufmax];
	UF() { init();}
	void init(){int i; rep(i,ufmax) { ufpar[i]=i; ufrank[i]=0; ufcnt[i]=1; } }
	int find(int x) {	return (ufpar[x]==x)?(x):(ufpar[x] = find(ufpar[x]));}
	int operator[](int x) {return find(x);}
	int count(int x) {return ufcnt[find(x)];}
	void unite(int x,int y) {
		x = find(x); y = find(y);
		if(x==y) return;
		if(ufrank[x]<ufrank[y]) ufpar[x]=y, ufcnt[y]+=ufcnt[x];
		else {ufpar[y]=x; ufcnt[x]+=ufcnt[y]; if(ufrank[x]==ufrank[y]) ufrank[x]++;}
	}
};


void mainmain(){
	int n,m;
	while(cin>>n>>m,n||m){
		UF uf;
		priority_queue<pair<int,pii>> pq;
		rep(i,m){
			int a,b,c;
			cin>>a>>b>>c;
			pq.push(mkp(-c,mkp(a,b)));
		}
		int ans=0;
		while(!pq.empty()){
			pair<int,pii> top=pq.top();
			pq.pop();
			if(uf[top.S.F]!=uf[top.S.S]){
				ans+=-top.F;
				uf.unite(top.S.F,top.S.S);
			}
		}
		cout<<ans<<endl;
	}
}



}
main() try{
    mainmain();
}
catch(...){
}