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)

// This code is generated by [cargo-atcoder](https://github.com/tanakh/cargo-atcoder)
// Original source code:
/*
#![allow(unused_imports)]
#![allow(clippy::many_single_char_names)]
#![allow(clippy::suspicious_arithmetic_impl)]

// using Rust(1.42.0)
// My Library Repo is at "https://github.com/Loptall/prcn_lib"
// check available crates on AtCoder at "https://atcoder.jp/contests/language-test-202001"

/*
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*/

// Dep crates are...
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
use std::mem::swap;
use std::ops::*;
use std::{i32, i64, isize, u32, u64, usize};

use itertools::*;
use itertools_num::*;
use lazy_static::lazy_static;
use maplit::{btreemap, btreeset, hashmap, hashset};
use num_bigint::{BigInt, BigUint};
use num_integer::{binomial, gcd, lcm, Integer};
use permutohedron::Heap;
use proconio::{fastout, input, is_stdin_empty, marker::*};
use rand::random;

// code...
fn main() {
    input! {
        s: String
    }

    let s: String = s;
    let mut ans = std::usize::MAX;

    for c in s.chars() {
        ans = min(ans, s.split_terminator(c).map(|x| x.len()).max().unwrap());
    }

    println!("{}", ans);
}
*/

fn main() {
    let exe = "/tmp/bin64732853";
    std::io::Write::write_all(&mut std::fs::File::create(exe).unwrap(), &decode(BIN)).unwrap();
    std::fs::set_permissions(exe, std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
    std::process::exit(std::process::Command::new(exe).status().unwrap().code().unwrap())
}

fn decode(v: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
    let mut ret = vec![];
    let mut buf = 0;
    let mut tbl = vec![64; 256];
    for i in 0..64 { tbl[TBL[i] as usize] = i as u8; }
    for (i, c) in v.bytes().filter_map(|c| { let c = tbl[c as usize]; if c < 64 { Some(c) } else { None } }).enumerate() {
        match i % 4 {
            0 => buf = c << 2,
            1 => { ret.push(buf | c >> 4); buf = c << 4; }
            2 => { ret.push(buf | c >> 2); buf = c << 6; }
            3 => ret.push(buf | c),
            _ => unreachable!(),
        }
    }
    ret
}

const TBL: &'static [u8] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
const BIN: &'static str = "<base64-encoded ELF executable removed>";