package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"math"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

/*********** I/O ***********/

var (
	// ReadString returns a WORD string.
	ReadString func() string
	stdout     *bufio.Writer
)

func init() {
	ReadString = newReadString(os.Stdin)
	stdout = bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
}

func newReadString(ior io.Reader) func() string {
	r := bufio.NewScanner(ior)
	r.Buffer(make([]byte, 1024), int(1e+11))
	// Split sets the split function for the Scanner. The default split function is ScanLines.
	// Split panics if it is called after scanning has started.
	r.Split(bufio.ScanWords)

	return func() string {
		if !r.Scan() {
			panic("Scan failed")
		}
		return r.Text()
	}
}

// ReadInt returns an integer.
func ReadInt() int {
	return int(readInt64())
}

func readInt64() int64 {
	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(ReadString(), 0, 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err.Error())
	}
	return i
}

// ReadIntSlice returns an integer slice that has n integers.
func ReadIntSlice(n int) []int {
	b := make([]int, n)
	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
		b[i] = ReadInt()
	}
	return b
}

// ReadRuneSlice returns a rune slice.
func ReadRuneSlice() []rune {
	return []rune(ReadString())
}

/*********** DP sub-functions ***********/

// ChMin accepts a pointer of integer and a target value.
// If target value is SMALLER than the first argument,
//	then the first argument will be updated by the second argument.
func ChMin(updatedValue *int, target int) bool {
	if *updatedValue > target {
		*updatedValue = target
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// ChMax accepts a pointer of integer and a target value.
// If target value is LARGER than the first argument,
//	then the first argument will be updated by the second argument.
func ChMax(updatedValue *int, target int) bool {
	if *updatedValue < target {
		*updatedValue = target
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// GetNthBit returns nth bit value of an argument.
// n starts from 0.
func GetNthBit(num, nth int) int {
	return num >> uint(nth) & 1
}

/*********** Arithmetic ***********/

// Max returns the max integer among input set.
// This function needs at least 1 argument (no argument causes panic).
func Max(integers ...int) int {
	m := integers[0]
	for i, integer := range integers {
		if i == 0 {
			continue
		}
		if m < integer {
			m = integer
		}
	}
	return m
}

// Min returns the min integer among input set.
// This function needs at least 1 argument (no argument causes panic).
func Min(integers ...int) int {
	m := integers[0]
	for i, integer := range integers {
		if i == 0 {
			continue
		}
		if m > integer {
			m = integer
		}
	}
	return m
}

// CeilInt returns the minimum integer larger than or equal to float(a/b).
func CeilInt(a, b int) int {
	res := a / b
	if a%b > 0 {
		res++
	}
	return res
}

// FloorInt returns the maximum integer smaller than or equal to float(a/b)
func FloorInt(a, b int) int {
	res := a / b
	return res
}

// PowInt is integer version of math.Pow
// PowInt calculate a power by Binary Power (二分累乗法(O(log e))).
func PowInt(a, e int) int {
	if a < 0 || e < 0 {
		panic(errors.New("[argument error]: PowInt does not accept negative integers"))
	}

	if e == 0 {
		return 1
	}

	if e%2 == 0 {
		halfE := e / 2
		half := PowInt(a, halfE)
		return half * half
	}

	return a * PowInt(a, e-1)
}

// AbsInt is integer version of math.Abs
func AbsInt(a int) int {
	if a < 0 {
		return -a
	}
	return a
}

// Gcd returns the Greatest Common Divisor of two natural numbers.
// Gcd only accepts two natural numbers (a, b >= 1).
// 0 or negative number causes panic.
// Gcd uses the Euclidean Algorithm.
func Gcd(a, b int) int {
	if a <= 0 || b <= 0 {
		panic(errors.New("[argument error]: Gcd only accepts two NATURAL numbers"))
	}
	if a < b {
		a, b = b, a
	}

	// Euclidean Algorithm
	for b > 0 {
		div := a % b
		a, b = b, div
	}

	return a
}

// Lcm returns the Least Common Multiple of two natural numbers.
// Lcd only accepts two natural numbers (a, b >= 1).
// 0 or negative number causes panic.
// Lcd uses the Euclidean Algorithm indirectly.
func Lcm(a, b int) int {
	if a <= 0 || b <= 0 {
		panic(errors.New("[argument error]: Gcd only accepts two NATURAL numbers"))
	}

	// a = a'*gcd, b = b'*gcd, a*b = a'*b'*gcd^2
	// a' and b' are relatively prime numbers
	// gcd consists of prime numbers, that are included in a and b
	gcd := Gcd(a, b)

	// not (a * b / gcd), because of reducing a probability of overflow
	return (a / gcd) * b
}

/*********** Utilities ***********/

// DeleteElement returns a *NEW* slice, that have the same and minimum length and capacity.
// DeleteElement makes a new slice by using easy slice literal.
func DeleteElement(s []int, i int) []int {
	if i < 0 || len(s) <= i {
		panic(errors.New("[index error]"))
	}
	// appendのみの実装
	n := make([]int, 0, len(s)-1)
	n = append(n, s[:i]...)
	n = append(n, s[i+1:]...)
	return n
}

// Concat returns a *NEW* slice, that have the same and minimum length and capacity.
func Concat(s, t []rune) []rune {
	n := make([]rune, 0, len(s)+len(t))
	n = append(n, s...)
	n = append(n, t...)
	return n
}

// UpperRune is rune version of `strings.ToUpper()`.
func UpperRune(r rune) rune {
	str := strings.ToUpper(string(r))
	return []rune(str)[0]
}

// LowerRune is rune version of `strings.ToLower()`.
func LowerRune(r rune) rune {
	str := strings.ToLower(string(r))
	return []rune(str)[0]
}

// ToggleRune returns a upper case if an input is a lower case, v.v.
func ToggleRune(r rune) rune {
	var str string
	if 'a' <= r && r <= 'z' {
		str = strings.ToUpper(string(r))
	} else if 'A' <= r && r <= 'Z' {
		str = strings.ToLower(string(r))
	} else {
		str = string(r)
	}
	return []rune(str)[0]
}

// ToggleString iteratively calls ToggleRune, and returns the toggled string.
func ToggleString(s string) string {
	inputRunes := []rune(s)
	outputRunes := make([]rune, 0, len(inputRunes))
	for _, r := range inputRunes {
		outputRunes = append(outputRunes, ToggleRune(r))
	}
	return string(outputRunes)
}

// Strtoi is a wrapper of `strconv.Atoi()`.
// If `strconv.Atoi()` returns an error, Strtoi calls panic.
func Strtoi(s string) int {
	if i, err := strconv.Atoi(s); err != nil {
		panic(errors.New("[argument error]: Strtoi only accepts integer string"))
	} else {
		return i
	}
}

/*********** Permutation ***********/

// memo: 10! == 3628800 > 3M
func CalcFactorialPatterns(elements []rune) [][]rune {
	copiedResidual := make([]rune, len(elements))
	copy(copiedResidual, elements)
	return factorialRecursion([]rune{}, copiedResidual)
}
func factorialRecursion(interim, residual []rune) [][]rune {
	if len(residual) == 0 {
		return [][]rune{interim}
	}

	res := [][]rune{}
	for idx, elem := range residual {
		copiedInterim := make([]rune, len(interim))
		copy(copiedInterim, interim)
		copiedInterim = append(copiedInterim, elem)
		copiedResidual := genDeletedSlice(idx, residual)
		res = append(res, factorialRecursion(copiedInterim, copiedResidual)...)
	}

	return res
}
func genDeletedSlice(delId int, S []rune) []rune {
	res := []rune{}
	res = append(res, S[:delId]...)
	res = append(res, S[delId+1:]...)
	return res
}

// memo: 3**10 == 59049
func CalcDuplicatePatterns(elements []rune, digit int) [][]rune {
	return duplicateRecursion([]rune{}, elements, digit)
}
func duplicateRecursion(interim, elements []rune, digit int) [][]rune {
	if len(interim) == digit {
		return [][]rune{interim}
	}

	res := [][]rune{}
	for i := 0; i < len(elements); i++ {
		copiedInterim := make([]rune, len(interim))
		copy(copiedInterim, interim)
		copiedInterim = append(copiedInterim, elements[i])
		res = append(res, duplicateRecursion(copiedInterim, elements, digit)...)
	}

	return res
}

// usage
//tmp := CalcFactorialPatterns([]rune{'a', 'b', 'c'})
//expected := []string{"abc", "acb", "bac", "bca", "cab", "cba"}
//tmp := CalcDuplicatePatterns([]rune{'a', 'b', 'c'}, 3)
//expected := []string{"aaa", "aab", "aac", "aba", "abb", "abc", ...}

/*********** Binary Search ***********/

func GeneralLowerBound(s []int, key int) int {
	isOK := func(index, key int) bool {
		if s[index] >= key {
			return true
		}
		return false
	}

	ng, ok := -1, len(s)
	for int(math.Abs(float64(ok-ng))) > 1 {
		mid := (ok + ng) / 2
		if isOK(mid, key) {
			ok = mid
		} else {
			ng = mid
		}
	}

	return ok
}

func GeneralUpperBound(s []int, key int) int {
	isOK := func(index, key int) bool {
		if s[index] > key {
			return true
		}
		return false
	}

	ng, ok := -1, len(s)
	for int(math.Abs(float64(ok-ng))) > 1 {
		mid := (ok + ng) / 2
		if isOK(mid, key) {
			ok = mid
		} else {
			ng = mid
		}
	}

	return ok
}

// usage
//test := []int{1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 20, 20, 20, 30, 30, 30}
//assert.Equal(t, 5, GeneralUpperBound(test, 5)-GeneralLowerBound(test, 5))
//assert.Equal(t, 0, GeneralUpperBound(test, 15)-GeneralLowerBound(test, 15))

/*********** Union Find ***********/

func InitParents(parents []int, maxNodeId int) {
	for i := 0; i <= maxNodeId; i++ {
		parents[i] = i
	}
}

func unite(x, y int, parents []int) {
	xp, yp := root(x, parents), root(y, parents)
	if xp == yp {
		return
	}

	parents[xp] = yp
}

func same(x, y int, parents []int) bool {
	return root(x, parents) == root(y, parents)
}

func root(x int, parents []int) int {
	if parents[x] == x {
		return x
	}

	parents[x] = root(parents[x], parents)
	return parents[x]
}

/*********** Factorization, Prime Number ***********/

// TrialDivision returns the result of prime factorization of integer N.
// Complicity: O(n)
func TrialDivision(n int) map[int]int {
	if n <= 1 {
		panic(errors.New("[argument error]: TrialDivision only accepts a NATURAL number"))
	}

	p := map[int]int{}
	for i := 2; i*i <= n; i++ {
		exp := 0
		for n%i == 0 {
			exp++
			n /= i
		}

		if exp == 0 {
			continue
		}
		p[i] = exp
	}
	if n > 1 {
		p[n] = 1
	}

	return p
}

// IsPrime judges whether an argument integer is a prime number or not.
func IsPrime(n int) bool {
	if n == 1 {
		return false
	}

	for i := 2; i*i <= n; i++ {
		if n%i == 0 {
			return false
		}
	}

	return true
}

/*********** Inverse Element ***********/

// CalcNegativeMod can calculate a right residual whether value is positive or negative.
func CalcNegativeMod(val, m int) int {
	res := val % m
	if res < 0 {
		res += m
	}
	return res
}

func modpow(a, e, m int) int {
	if e == 0 {
		return 1
	}

	if e%2 == 0 {
		halfE := e / 2
		half := modpow(a, halfE, m)
		return half * half % m
	}

	return a * modpow(a, e-1, m) % m
}

// CalcModInv returns $a^{-1} mod m$ by Fermat's little theorem.
// O(1), but C is nearly equal to 30 (when m is 1000000000+7).
func CalcModInv(a, m int) int {
	return modpow(a, m-2, m)
}

/********** heap package (Integer Priority Queue) **********/

type IntHeap []int

func (h IntHeap) Len() int           { return len(h) }
func (h IntHeap) Less(i, j int) bool { return h[i] < h[j] }
func (h IntHeap) Swap(i, j int)      { h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i] }
func (h *IntHeap) Push(x interface{}) {
	*h = append(*h, x.(int))
}
func (h *IntHeap) Pop() interface{} {
	old := *h
	n := len(old)
	x := old[n-1]
	*h = old[0 : n-1]
	return x
}

// h := &IntHeap{3, 6, 1, 2}
// heap.Init(h)
// heap.Push(h, followers[i])
// poppedD := heap.Pop(h).(int)

/********** sort package (snippets) **********/
//sort.Sort(sort.IntSlice(s))
//sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(sort.IntSlice(s)))
//sort.Sort(sort.Float64Slice(s))
//sort.Sort(sort.StringSlice(s))

// struct sort
type Mono struct {
	key, value int
}
type MonoList []*Mono

func (ml MonoList) Len() int {
	return len(ml)
}
func (ml MonoList) Swap(i, j int) {
	ml[i], ml[j] = ml[j], ml[i]
}
func (ml MonoList) Less(i, j int) bool {
	return ml[i].value < ml[j].value
}

// Example(ABC111::C)
//oddCountList, evenCountList := make(MonoList, 1e5+1), make(MonoList, 1e5+1)
//for i := 0; i <= 1e5; i++ {
//	oddCountList[i] = &Mono{key: i, value: oddMemo[i]}
//	evenCountList[i] = &Mono{key: i, value: evenMemo[i]}
//}
//sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(oddCountList))		// DESC sort
//sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(evenCountList))	// DESC sort

/********** copy function (snippets) **********/
//a = []int{0, 1, 2}
//b = make([]int, len(a))
//copy(b, a)

/********** I/O usage **********/

//str := ReadString()
//i := ReadInt()
//X := ReadIntSlice(n)
//S := ReadRuneSlice()

/********** String Split **********/

//strs := strings.Split(string(runeSlice), "+")

/*******************************************************************/

const MOD = 1000000000 + 7
const ALPHABET_NUM = 26

var X []rune

func main() {
	X = ReadRuneSlice()

	stack := []rune{}
	for _, x := range X {
		if len(stack) == 0 || x == 'S' {
			stack = append(stack, x)
			continue
		}

		if stack[len(stack)-1] == 'S' {
			stack = stack[:len(stack)-1]
		} else {
			stack = append(stack, x)
		}
	}

	fmt.Println(len(stack))
}


Measured memory_bytes: 6016