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 Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in
 * Actual solution is at the top
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        FastScanner in = new FastScanner(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        TaskA solver = new TaskA();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class TaskA {
        public void solve(int testNumber, FastScanner in, PrintWriter out) {
            String s = Long.toString(in.nextLong() + 1);
            int max = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
                if (s.charAt(i) > '0') {
                    String t = s.substring(0, i) + (char) (s.charAt(i) - 1);
                    max = Math.max(max, sum(t) + 9 * (s.length() - i - 1));
                }
            }
            out.println(max);
        }

        int sum(String s) {
            int sum = 0;
            for (char c : s.toCharArray()) {
                sum += c - '0';
            }
            return sum;
        }

    }

    static class FastScanner {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastScanner(InputStream in) {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
        }

        public String next() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                String line = null;
                try {
                    line = br.readLine();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }
                st = new StringTokenizer(line);
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

    }
}