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 Java8 (OpenJDK 1.8.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

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

/**
 * @author Pavel Mavrin
 */
public class Main {

    private void solve() throws IOException {
        String s = next();
        int res = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; c++) {
            if (s.indexOf(c) == -1) continue;
            int max = 0;
            int l = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
                if (s.charAt(i) == c) l = -1;
                l++;
                max = Math.max(max, l);
            }
            res = Math.min(res, max);
        }
        out.println(res);
    }

    // ------------------

    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    StringTokenizer st;
    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

    String next() throws IOException {
        while (st == null || !st.hasMoreTokens()) {
            st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
        }
        return st.nextToken();
    }

    int nextInt() throws IOException {
        return Integer.parseInt(next());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        new Main().run();
    }

    private void run() throws IOException {
        solve();
        out.close();
    }

}