#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using VI = vector<int>;
using VL = vector<ll>;
using VS = vector<string>;
template<class T> using PQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
#define FOR(i,a,n) for(int i=(a);i<(n);++i)
#define eFOR(i,a,n) for(int i=(a);i<=(n);++i)
#define rFOR(i,a,n) for(int i=(n)-1;i>=(a);--i)
#define erFOR(i,a,n) for(int i=(n);i>=(a);--i)
#define each(i, a) for(auto &i : a)
#define SORT(a) sort(a.begin(),a.end())
#define rSORT(a) sort(a.rbegin(),a.rend())
#define fSORT(a,f) sort(a.begin(),a.end(),f)
#define all(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define out(y,x) ((y)<0||h<=(y)||(x)<0||w<=(x))
#define tp(a,i) get<i>(a)
#define line cout << "-----------------------------\n" 
#define ENDL(i,n) ((i) == (n) - 1 ? "\n" : " ")
#define stop system("pause")
constexpr ll INF = 1000000000;
constexpr ll LLINF = 1LL << 60;
constexpr ll mod = 1000000007;
constexpr ll MOD = 998244353;
constexpr ld eps = 1e-10;
constexpr ld pi = 3.1415926535897932;
template<class T>inline bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; }return false; }
template<class T>inline bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return true; }return false; }
inline void init() { cin.tie(nullptr); cout.tie(nullptr); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cout << fixed << setprecision(15); }
template<class T>inline istream& operator>>(istream& is, vector<T>& v) { for (auto& a : v)is >> a; return is; }
template<class T>inline istream& operator>>(istream& is, deque<T>& v) { for (auto& a : v)is >> a; return is; }
template<class T, class U>inline istream& operator>>(istream& is, pair<T, U>& p) { is >> p.first >> p.second; return is; }
template<class T>inline vector<T> vec(size_t a) { return vector<T>(a); }
template<class T>inline vector<T> defvec(T def, size_t a) { return vector<T>(a, def); }
template<class T, class... Ts>inline auto vec(size_t a, Ts... ts) { return vector<decltype(vec<T>(ts...))>(a, vec<T>(ts...)); }
template<class T, class... Ts>inline auto defvec(T def, size_t a, Ts... ts) { return vector<decltype(defvec<T>(def, ts...))>(a, defvec<T>(def, ts...)); }
template<class T>inline void print(const T& a) { cout << a << "\n"; }
template<class T, class... Ts>inline void print(const T& a, const Ts&... ts) { cout << a << " "; print(ts...); }
template<class T>inline void print(const vector<T>& v) { for (int i = 0; i < v.size(); ++i)cout << v[i] << (i == v.size() - 1 ? "\n" : " "); }
template<class T>inline void print(const vector<vector<T>>& v) { for (auto& a : v)print(a); }
inline string reversed(const string& s) { string t = s; reverse(all(t)); return t; }

int main() {
    init();

    string s; cin >> s;
    int n = s.length();
    vector<VI> idxs(26);
    FOR(i, 0, n)idxs[s[i] - 'a'].push_back(i);
    
    VI dp(n + 1, INF);
    dp[n] = 1;
    vector<pair<char, int>> dest(n, { '?',n });
    rFOR(i, 0, n)FOR(j, 0, 26) {
        auto itr = lower_bound(all(idxs[j]), i);
        int next_idx = (itr == idxs[j].end() ? n : *itr);
        if (next_idx == n) {
            if (chmin(dp[i], 1))dest[i] = { 'a' + j,n };
        }
        else if (chmin(dp[i], dp[next_idx + 1] + 1))
            dest[i] = { 'a' + j,next_idx + 1 };
    }

    string ans = "";
    int idx = 0;
    while (idx < n) {
        ans += dest[idx].first;
        idx = dest[idx].second;
    }
    print(ans);

    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 6780