/*****************
 *   I<3   C++   *
 *  IWANT ANYAC  *
 * ILOVEPROGRAM! *
 *IT'SINTERESTING*
 * ILOVEPROGRAM! *
 *  INCONTESTS   *
 *   GETSCORE    *
 *    ACCODE     *
 *     LETS      *
 *      GO       *
 *Written by:    *
 *    charlieyan *
 *****************/
#include <assert.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <float.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
#include <locale>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <wchar.h>
#include <wctype.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <complex>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <limits>
#include <map>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <istream>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>
#include <complex.h>
#include <fenv.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <tgmath.h>
#include <numeric>
#include <list>
#define LL long long
#define pb push_back
#define pob pop_back
#define mp make_pair
#define FILL(a,v) memset((void*)a,v,sizeof(a))
#define FILL0(a) FILL(a,0)
#define FILL1(a) FILL(a,-1)
#define FILLBIG(a) FILL(a,0x7f)
#define ALL(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define Inf ((int)0x7f7f7f7f)
#define INF ((long long)0x7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f)
#define Mod 1000000007
#define foreach(it,x) for(__typeof(x.begin()) it=x.begin();it!=x.end();it++)
#define FOR(i,x) for(int i=0;i<x;i++)
#define RFOR(i,x) for(int i=x-1;i>=0;i--)
#define FFOR(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i<b;i++)
#define FRFOR(i,a,b) for(int i=a-1;i>=b;i--)
#define SZ(a) ((int)(a).size())
#define FI first
#define SE second
#define OVER(a) return puts(a),0
#define fastio ios::sync_with_stdio(0)
#define filei(f) freopen(f,"r",stdin)
#define fileo(f) freopen(f,"w",stdout)
#define eprintf(...) fprintf(stderr,__VA_ARGS__)
#define MASK(a) (1<<(a))
#define MASKX(x,a) ((x)<<(a))
#define BIT(a,b) ((a>>b)&1)
#define cddx(a) priority_queue<a >
#define cxdd(a) priority_queue<a,vector<a >,greater<a > >
#define deval(a) {cerr<<#a<<" = "<<a<<endl;}
#define dearr(be,en) {cerr<<#be;cerr<<" = {";for(auto i=be;i!=en;i++)cerr<<' '<<*i;cerr<<" }\n";}
#define reg register
#define prtime eprintf("\n\nTime used: %dms\n",clock());
#define PI 3.1415926535897932384626
//Xuzhen[The virus] is a BIG 13 !!!
using namespace std;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef unsigned long long UINT;
typedef unsigned int uint;
typedef long long INT;
typedef long double ldouble;
typedef pair<INT,INT> PII;
typedef stringstream sst;
typedef istringstream iss;
typedef vector<int> vint;
typedef vector<INT> VINT;
typedef vector<pii> vpii;
typedef vector<PII> VPII;
typedef priority_queue<int> pqi;
typedef priority_queue<INT> PQI;
typedef priority_queue<pii> pqp;
typedef priority_queue<PII> PQP;
typedef priority_queue<int,vint,greater<int> > xqi;
typedef priority_queue<INT,VINT,greater<INT> > XQI;
typedef priority_queue<pii,vpii,greater<pii> > xqp;
typedef priority_queue<PII,VPII,greater<PII> > XQP;

string s;

int sum(string s)
{
	int cnt=0;
	for(int i=0;i<SZ(s);i++)
		cnt+=s[i]-'0';
	return cnt;
}

int main()
{
	cin>>s;
	int canover=1;
	for(int i=SZ(s)-1;i>0;i--)
		if(s[i]!='9')
			canover=0;
	if(canover)
	{
		cout<<sum(s)<<endl;
		return 0;
	}
	s[0]--;
	for(int i=SZ(s)-1;i>0;i--)s[i]='9';
	cout<<sum(s)<<endl;
	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256