Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

Snuke can change a string t of length N into a string t' of length N - 1 under the following rule:

For each i (1 ≤ i ≤ N - 1), the i-th character of t' must be either the i-th or (i + 1)-th character of t.

There is a string s consisting of lowercase English letters.
Snuke's objective is to apply the above operation to s repeatedly so that all the characters in s are the same.
Find the minimum necessary number of operations.

Constraints

1 ≤ |s| ≤ 100

s consists of lowercase English letters.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

s

Output

Print the minimum necessary number of operations to achieve the objective.

Sample Input 1

serval

Sample Output 1

3

One solution is: serval → srvvl → svvv → vvv.

Sample Input 2

jackal

Sample Output 2

2

One solution is: jackal → aacaa → aaaa.

Sample Input 3

zzz

Sample Output 3

0

All the characters in s are the same from the beginning.

Sample Input 4

whbrjpjyhsrywlqjxdbrbaomnw

Sample Output 4

8

In 8 operations, he can change s to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Diagnostics;
using static System.Console;
using Pair = System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<int, int>;
//using System.Numerics;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        //SetOut(new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false });
        new Program().Solve();
        Out.Flush();
    }
    Scanner cin = new Scanner();
    Random rnd = new Random();
    Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
    readonly int[] dd = { 0, 1, 0, -1, 0 };
    readonly int mod = 1000000007;
    readonly string alfa = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";


    void Solve()
    {
        var t = cin.Next;
        int ans = int.MaxValue;
        int N = t.Length;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            var s = t.ToCharArray();
            int K = N;
            while (K > 0)
            {
                bool flag = true;
                for (int j = 1; j < K; j++)
                {
                    if (s[j] != s[j - 1])
                    {
                        flag = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (flag)
                {
                    ans = Math.Min(ans, N - K);
                    break;
                }
                for (int j = 0; j < K - 1; j++)
                {
                    if (s[j] == s[i] || s[j + 1] == s[i])
                    {
                        s[j] = s[i];
                    }
                }
                //WriteLine(s);
                K--;
            }
        }
        WriteLine(ans);
    }

}

class Scanner
{
    string[] s; int i;
    char[] cs = new char[] { ' ' };
    public Scanner() { s = new string[0]; i = 0; }
    public string[] Scan { get { return ReadLine().Split(); } }
    public int[] Scanint { get { return Array.ConvertAll(Scan, int.Parse); } }
    public long[] Scanlong { get { return Array.ConvertAll(Scan, long.Parse); } }
    public double[] Scandouble { get { return Array.ConvertAll(Scan, double.Parse); } }
    public string Next
    {
        get
        {
            if (i < s.Length) return s[i++];
            string st = ReadLine();
            while (st == "") st = ReadLine();
            s = st.Split(cs, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
            i = 0;
            return Next;
        }
    }
    public int Nextint { get { return int.Parse(Next); } }
    public long Nextlong { get { return long.Parse(Next); } }
    public double Nextdouble { get { return double.Parse(Next); } }
}