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 Python (3.8.2) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import sys, re
from collections import deque, defaultdict, Counter
from math import ceil, sqrt, hypot, factorial, pi, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, radians, degrees, log2, gcd
from itertools import accumulate, permutations, combinations, combinations_with_replacement, product, groupby
from operator import itemgetter, mul
from copy import deepcopy
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase, digits
from bisect import bisect, bisect_left, insort, insort_left
from heapq import heappush, heappop
from functools import reduce
def input(): return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
def INT(): return int(input())
def MAP(): return map(int, input().split())
def LIST(): return list(map(int, input().split()))
def ZIP(n): return zip(*(MAP() for _ in range(n)))
sys.setrecursionlimit(10 ** 9)
INF = float('inf')
mod = 10 ** 9 + 7 
#mod = 998244353
from decimal import *
#import numpy as np
#decimal.getcontext().prec = 10

s = input()
S = set(s)

ans = INF
for x in S:
	cnt = 0
	t = s
	while 1 < len(set(t)):
		l = ""
		for i in range(1, len(t)):
			if t[i] == x or t[i-1] == x:
				l += x
			else:
				l += t[i]
		t = l
		cnt += 1
	ans = min(ans, cnt)

print(ans)