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 Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

use std::io::{self, Stdin};
use std::str::{self, FromStr};
use std::error::Error;

fn exec() {
    let mut sc = Scanner::new();
    let s = sc.ne::<String>().into_bytes();
    let mut freq = vec![0; 26];
    for &c in &s {
        let cc = c - b'a';
        freq[cc as usize] += 1;
    }
    let mut mi = 1000;
    for i in 0..26 {
        if freq[i] == 0 {
            continue;
        }
        let c = b'a' + i as u8;
        let mut t = s.clone();
        let mut cnt = 0;
        loop {
            let mut f = false;
            for &cc in &t {
                if cc != c {
                    f = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            if !f {
                break;
            }
            cnt += 1;
            let len = t.len() - 1;
            let mut tt = vec![0u8; len];
            for j in 0..len {
                if t[j] == c || t[j + 1] == c {
                    tt[j] = c;
                } else {
                    tt[j] = 0;
                }
            }
            t = tt;
        }
        mi = std::cmp::min(mi, cnt);
    }
    println!("{}", mi);
}

fn main() {
    const STACK: usize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
    let _ = std::thread::Builder::new()
        .stack_size(STACK)
        .spawn(|| { exec(); })
        .unwrap()
        .join()
        .unwrap();
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
struct Scanner {
    stdin: Stdin,
    id: usize,
    buf: Vec<u8>,
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl Scanner {
    fn new() -> Scanner {
        Scanner {
            stdin: io::stdin(),
            id: 0,
            buf: Vec::new(),
        }
    }
    fn next_line(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
        let mut res = String::new();
        match self.stdin.read_line(&mut res) {
            Ok(0) => None,
            Ok(_) => Some(res),
            Err(why) => panic!("error in read_line: {}", why.description()),
        }
    }
    fn next<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
        while self.buf.len() == 0 {
            self.buf = match self.next_line() {
                Some(r) => {
                    self.id = 0;
                    r.trim().as_bytes().to_owned()
                }
                None => return None,
            };
        }
        let l = self.id;
        assert!(self.buf[l] != b' ');
        let n = self.buf.len();
        let mut r = l;
        while r < n && self.buf[r] != b' ' {
            r += 1;
        }
        let res = match str::from_utf8(&self.buf[l..r])
                  .ok()
                  .unwrap()
                  .parse::<T>() {
            Ok(s) => Some(s),
            Err(_) => {
                panic!("parse error, {:?}",
                       String::from_utf8(self.buf[l..r].to_owned()))
            }
        };
        while r < n && self.buf[r] == b' ' {
            r += 1;
        }
        if r == n {
            self.buf.clear();
        } else {
            self.id = r;
        }
        res
    }
    fn ne<T: FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        self.next::<T>().unwrap()
    }
}