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;
use std::io::BufRead;

fn main() {
    let mut sc = Scanner::new(std::io::stdin());
    let s: String = sc.next().unwrap();
    let mut res = std::usize::MAX;
    for i in 0..26 {
        let c: char = char::from('a' as u8 + i);
        let v = s.split(c).map(|s| s.len()).max().unwrap();
        if res > v {
            res = v;
        }
    }
    println!("{}", res);
}

/// Scanner
///
/// # Example
/// ```
/// use contest::io::scanner;
/// let mut sc = scanner::Scanner::new("1 2 \n\n \r\t \n 3.5".as_bytes());
/// assert_eq!("1".to_string(), sc.next::<String>().unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(2, sc.next().unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(3.5, sc.next().unwrap());
/// assert_eq!(None, sc.next::<i32>());
/// ```

pub struct Scanner<R: io::Read> {
    br: io::BufReader<R>,
    // Read tokens are stored in reversed order per line.
    buf: Vec<String>,
}

impl<R: io::Read> Scanner<R> {
    pub fn new(r: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        Scanner {
            br: io::BufReader::new(r),
            buf: vec![],
        }
    }
    #[inline]
    pub fn next<T>(&mut self) -> Option<T>
        where T: std::str::FromStr,
              T::Err: std::fmt::Debug
    {
        self.next_string().map(|s| s.parse::<T>().expect("Parse failed: "))
    }
    fn next_string(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
        self.buf.pop().or_else(|| match self.update() {
            true => self.next_string(),
            false => None,
        })
    }
    #[inline]
    fn update(&mut self) -> bool {
        let mut s = String::new();
        let res = self.br.read_line(&mut s);
        match res.expect("I/O error.") {
            0 => false,
            _ => {
                self.buf = s.split_whitespace().map(|x| x.to_string()).rev().collect();
                true
            }
        }
    }
}