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 (1.42.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

//use itertools::Itertools;
use std::cmp;
use std::collections::BTreeMap;
use std::collections::BTreeSet;
use std::collections::BinaryHeap;
use std::collections::HashMap;
use std::collections::HashSet;
use std::collections::VecDeque;
use std::io::Read;
use std::usize::MAX;

macro_rules! input {(source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() };input_inner!{next, $($r)*}};($($r:tt)*) => {let stdin = std::io::stdin();let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));let mut next = move || -> String{bytes.by_ref().map(|r|r.unwrap() as char).skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace()).take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace()).collect()};input_inner!{next, $($r)*}};}
macro_rules! input_inner {($next:expr) => {};($next:expr, ) => {};($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {let $var = read_value!($next, $t);input_inner!{$next $($r)*}};}
macro_rules! read_value {($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )};($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {(0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()};($next:expr, chars) => {read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()};($next:expr, usize1) => {read_value!($next, usize) - 1};($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {{let len = read_value!($next, usize);(0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()}};($next:expr, $t:ty) => {$next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")};}

fn solve() {
    input! {
        s: chars
    }

    //let wonder = &small[..];

    let mut target_char = 'a';
    let mut size = MAX;
    for c in SMALL {
        let mut appear = false;
        let mut max_long = 0;
        let mut long = 0;
        for i in 0..s.len() {
            if &s[i] != c {
                long += 1;
            } else {
                appear = true;
                max_long = cmp::max(max_long, long);
                long = 0;
            }
        }

        max_long = cmp::max(max_long, long);

        if appear && max_long < size {
            target_char = *c;
            size = max_long;
        }
    }

    //println!("{} {}", target_char, size);

    println!("{}", size);
}

fn main() {
    let thd = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(104_857_600);
    thd.spawn(|| solve()).unwrap().join().unwrap();

    /*
    // 入力を一括で読み込む場合
    let mut buf = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap();
    let mut input = buf.split_whitespace();

    // inputに対しnext()で読み込んでいく
    let q: usize = input.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
    */
}

const LARGE_PRIME: u64 = 1_000_000_007;
const SMALL: &'static [char] = &[
    'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's',
    't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z',
];

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