#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <cfloat>
#include <climits>
#include <cmath>
#include <complex>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <functional>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <map>
#include <math.h>
#include <memory>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using Pii = pair<int, int>;
using Pil = pair<int, ll>;
using Pll = pair<ll, ll>;
using Pid = pair<int, ld>;
using Pis = pair<int, string>;
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0; i<n; i++)
#define repm(i,s,n) for(int i=s; i<n; i++)
#define setprc(d) setprecision(d)

const int INF = 1 << 30;
const ll INF_L = 1LL << 60;
const int MOD = 1e9+7;


// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// String Functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
int ctoi(char c){
    if(isdigit(c)) return c - '0';
    else if(islower(c)) return c - 'a';
    else if(isupper(c)) return c - 'A';
    else return -1;
}
char itocd(int i){char c = i+'0'; if(isdigit(c)) return c; else return 0x00;}
char itocl(int i){char c = i+'a'; if(islower(c)) return c; else return 0x00;}
char itocu(int i){char c = i+'A'; if(isupper(c)) return c; else return 0x00;}
// ----------------------------------------------------------------


// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// Dynamical Programming
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
// ----------------------------------------------------------------


// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// Graph Theory
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
vector<vector<int>> adjMat;
vector<set<Pii>> adjList;

void Dijkstra(){}
void BellmanFord(){}
void WarshallFloyd(){}
// ----------------------------------------------------------------


// ----------------------------------------------------------------
// Mathematical Functions
// ----------------------------------------------------------------
ll gcd(ll A, ll B) {if (A%B == 0) {return(B);} else {return(gcd(B, A%B));}}
ll lcm(ll A, ll B) {return A * B / gcd(A, B);}
ll divtimes(ll N, ll D) {ll res = 0; while(N%D == 0) {N/=D; res++;} return res;}

ll powMod(ll B, ll P) {
    if(P == 0) return 1;
    if(P%2 == 0){ll t = powMod(B, P/2); return t*t % MOD;}
    return B * powMod(B, P-1) % MOD;
}

/* ----------------------------------
 Factorial, Permutation, Combination
 ---------------------------------- */
const int FAC_INIT_SIZE = 1e6+9;
vector<ll> fac, finv, inv;

void factModInit() {
    fac.resize(FAC_INIT_SIZE);
    finv.resize(FAC_INIT_SIZE);
    inv.resize(FAC_INIT_SIZE);
    fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
    finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
    inv[1] = 1;
    for (int i=2; i < FAC_INIT_SIZE; i++){
        fac[i] = fac[i-1] * i % MOD;
        inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD%i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
        finv[i] = finv[i-1] * inv[i] % MOD;
    }
}
ll factMod(ll N){return fac[N] % MOD;}
ll factInvMod(ll N){return finv[N] % MOD;}
ll permMod(ll N, ll K){
    if (N < 0 || K < 0 || N < K) return 0;
    else return factMod(N) * factInvMod(N-K) % MOD;
}
ll combMod(ll N, ll K){
    if (N < 0 || K < 0 || N < K) return 0;
    else if (N < FAC_INIT_SIZE){ return factMod(N) * (factInvMod(K) * factInvMod(N-K) % MOD) % MOD;}
    else {
        ll ans = 1; ll Ks = K < N-K ? K : N-K;
        for (ll i=N; i > N-Ks; i--) {ans *= i; ans %= MOD;}
        return ans * factInvMod(Ks) % MOD;
    }
}

/* ----------------------------------
 Sieve of Eratosthenes
---------------------------------- */
vector<bool> isprime;
void sieveInit(int size){
    int sb = size + 9;
    isprime.resize(sb);
    
    isprime[0] = isprime[1] = false;
    isprime[2] = true;
    for(int i=2; i<sb; i++) {
        if(i%2 == 0) isprime[i] = false;
        else isprime[i] = true;
    }
    for(int i=3; i*i<=sb; i+=2){
        if(isprime[i]){
            int m = 3*i;
            while(m < sb){isprime[m] = false; m += 2*i;}
        } else {
            continue;
        }
    }
}
// ----------------------------------------------------------------


int main() {
    
    std::ifstream in("input.txt");
    std::cin.rdbuf(in.rdbuf());
    
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
 
    string N; cin >> N;
    int s = (int)(N.size()), sc = s-2;
    int Nd[s]; rep(i, s) Nd[i] = ctoi(N[i]);
    
    int res = 0; rep(i, s) res += Nd[i];
    while(sc >= 0){
        Nd[sc+1] = 9;
        if(Nd[sc] == 0) {
            Nd[sc] = 9;
        } else {
            Nd[sc] -= 1;
            int cnt = 0; rep(j, s) cnt+= Nd[j];
            chmax(res, cnt);
        }
        sc--;
    }
    cout << res << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 3600