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)

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};

mod util {
    use std::io::stdin;
    use std::str::FromStr;
    use std::fmt::Debug;

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn line() -> String {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.trim().to_string()
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn get<T: FromStr>() -> T
        where <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug
    {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.trim().parse().unwrap()
    }

    #[allow(dead_code)]
    pub fn gets<T: FromStr>() -> Vec<T>
        where <T as FromStr>::Err: Debug
    {
        let mut line: String = String::new();
        stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
        line.split_whitespace()
            .map(|t| t.parse().unwrap())
            .collect()
    }
}

fn main() {
    let s: Vec<char> = util::line().chars().collect();

    let ans = s.iter()
        .collect::<HashSet<_>>()
        .into_iter()
        .map(|&c| {
            let is: Vec<_> = s.iter()
                .enumerate()
                .filter(|&(_, &x)| x == c)
                .map(|(i, _)| i)
                .collect();

            [s.len() - is.iter().cloned().max().unwrap() - 1,
             is.windows(2).map(|x| x[1] - x[0] - 1).max().unwrap_or(0),
             is[0]]
                    .into_iter()
                    .cloned()
                    .max()
                    .unwrap()
        })
        .min()
        .unwrap();

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