import java.io.*;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.StringJoiner;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Main {

    static int N;
    static String S;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastScanner sc = new FastScanner(System.in);
        N = sc.nextInt();
        S = sc.next();

        System.out.println(solve());
    }

    static int solve() {
        int[] L = new int[N]; // 左側の >
        int[] L2 = new int[N]; // 左側 > をi個残して終了したときの残り合計枚数
        int[] R = new int[N]; // 右側の <
        int[] R2 = new int[N];
        for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
            L[i] = L[i-1];
            if( S.charAt(i-1) == '>') {
                L[i]++;
            }
            L2[L[i]] = i;
        }

        for (int i = N-2; i >= 0; i--) {
            R[i] = R[i+1];
            if( S.charAt(i+1) == '<' ) {
                R[i]++;
            }
            R2[R[i]] = N-i-1;
        }

        int minLeft = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            int l = i == 0 ? 0 : L[i];
            int r = i == N-1 ? 0 : R[i];

            int left;
            if( S.charAt(i) == '<' ) {
                // 左右左右...
                if( l > r ) {
                    left = L2[l-r-1];
                } else {
                    left = R2[r-l];
                }

            } else {
                if( r > l ) {
                    left = R2[r-l-1];

                } else {
                    left = L2[l-r];
                }
            }
            // debug(i, l, r, left);
            minLeft = Math.min(minLeft, left);
        }
        return N - minLeft;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    static class FastScanner {
        private BufferedReader reader;
        private StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        FastScanner(InputStream in) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        String next() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        String nextLine() {
            if (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    return reader.readLine();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken("\n");
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt();
            return a;
        }

        int[] nextIntArray(int n, int delta) {
            int[] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextInt() + delta;
            return a;
        }

        long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] a = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = nextLong();
            return a;
        }
    }

    static void writeLines(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeLines(long[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (long a : as) pw.println(a);
        pw.flush();
    }

    static void writeSingleLine(int[] as) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < as.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(as[i]);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int max(int... as) {
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) max = Math.max(a, max);
        return max;
    }

    static int min(int... as) {
        int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int a : as) min = Math.min(a, min);
        return min;
    }

    static void debug(Object... args) {
        StringJoiner j = new StringJoiner(" ");
        for (Object arg : args) {
            if (arg == null) j.add("null");
            else if (arg instanceof int[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((int[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof long[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((long[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof double[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((double[]) arg));
            else if (arg instanceof Object[]) j.add(Arrays.toString((Object[]) arg));
            else j.add(arg.toString());
        }
        System.err.println(j.toString());
    }

    static void printSingleLine(int[] array) {
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
            if (i != 0) pw.print(" ");
            pw.print(array[i]);
        }
        pw.println();
        pw.flush();
    }

    static int lowerBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int lo = 0, hi = array.length, mid;
        while (lo < hi) {
            mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
            if (array[mid] < value) lo = mid + 1;
            else hi = mid;
        }
        return lo;
    }

    static int upperBound(int[] array, int value) {
        int lo = 0, hi = array.length, mid;
        while (lo < hi) {
            mid = (hi + lo) / 2;
            if (array[mid] <= value) lo = mid + 1;
            else hi = mid;
        }
        return lo;
    }
}



Measured memory_bytes: 28784