// https://atcoder.jp/contests/code-festival-2017-qualc/tasks/code_festival_2017_qualc_d
//
#![allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::*;
use std::io::Write;
use std::fmt::*;
use std::str::*;
use std::cmp::*;
use std::collections::*;

// Input macros.
// Original by tanakh: https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let s = {
            use std::io::Read;
            let mut s = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();
            s
        };
        let mut iter = s.split_whitespace();
        input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($iter:expr) => {};
    ($iter:expr, ) => {};

    ($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };

    ($iter:expr, mut $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
        input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_value {
    ($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )
    };

    ($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, [ next / $t:tt ]) => {
        {
            let len = read_value!($iter, usize);
            (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };

    ($iter:expr, switch) => {
        {
            let ty = read_value!($iter, i32);
            if ty == 1 {
                vec![ty, read_value!($iter, i32), read_value!($iter, i32)]
            } else if ty == 2 {
                vec![ty, read_value!($iter, i32)]
            } else {
                vec![ty, read_value!($iter, i32)]
            }
        }
    };

    ($iter:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($iter:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($iter, usize) - 1
    };

    ($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! read_line {
    ($t:tt) => {
        {
            let mut s = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut s).unwrap();
            s.trim_right().parse::<$t>().unwrap()
        }
    }
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! dvec {
    ($t:expr ; $len:expr) => {
        vec![$t; $len]
    };

    ($t:expr ; $len:expr, $($rest:expr),*) => {
        vec![dvec!($t; $($rest),*); $len]
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! ifv {
    ($t:expr, $a:expr, $b: expr) => {
        if $t { $a } else { $b }
    }
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! fill {
    ($t:expr, $v:expr) => {
        for i in 0..$t.len() {
            $t[i] = $v;
        }
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! join {
    ($t:expr, $glue:expr) => {
        $t.into_iter().map(|w| w.to_string()).collect::<Vec<_>>().join($glue)
    };
}

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($a:expr),*) => {
        println!(concat!($(stringify!($a), " = {:?}, "),*), $($a),*);
    }
}

// ===


fn tou(c: char) -> usize {
    (c as u8 - b'a') as usize
}

// ====

fn main() {
    input! {
        s: chars
    };
    let n = s.len();
    let a = s.into_iter().map(|c| tou(c)).collect::<Vec<_>>();
    let mut asum = vec![0i32; n+1];
    for i in 0..n {
        asum[i+1] = asum[i] ^ (1<<a[i]);
    }
    let INF = (n+1) as u32;
    let mut seen = vec![INF; 1<<26];
    seen[0] = 0;

    let mut cost = vec![INF; n+1];
    cost[0] = 0;
    for i in 1..n+1 {
        for k in 0..27 {
            let from = ifv!(k == 26, asum[i], asum[i] ^ (1<<k));
            cost[i] = min(cost[i], seen[from as usize]+1);
        }
        seen[asum[i] as usize] = min(seen[asum[i] as usize], cost[i]);
    }
    println!("{}", cost[n]);
}


Measured memory_bytes: 270588