Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

Find the maximum possible sum of the digits (in base 10) of a positive integer not greater than N.

Constraints

1\leq N \leq 10^{16}

N is an integer.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N

Output

Print the maximum possible sum of the digits (in base 10) of a positive integer not greater than N.

Sample Input 1

100

Sample Output 1

18

For example, the sum of the digits in 99 is 18, which turns out to be the maximum value.

Sample Input 2

9995

Sample Output 2

35

For example, the sum of the digits in 9989 is 35, which turns out to be the maximum value.

Sample Input 3

3141592653589793

Sample Output 3

137

Solution in C# (.NET Core 3.1.201) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

class Program
{
    const string Yes = "Yes";
    const string No = "No";
    const char White = '.';
    const char Black = '#';
    const long Mod = 1000000007;

    static void Main(string[] args) {
#if DEBUG
        MyDebugger.Test(process, "../TextFile1.txt");
#else
        object ret = process(new StreamReader(Console.OpenStandardInput()));
        Console.WriteLine(ret);
#endif
    }

    static object process(TextReader input) {
        var s = input.ReadLine();
        var n = s.Length;
        
        if(n == 1) {
            return s[0];
        }

        long y = (n-1) * 9 + (s[0]-'0')-1;

        long y2 = s.ToCharArray().Sum(x=>(long)(x-'0'));

        return Math.Max(y, y2);
    }

    static int[] ToIntArray(string strs, int n) {
        var ret = new int[n];
        var spl = strs.Split(' ');
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            ret[i] = int.Parse(spl[i]);
        return ret;
    }

}