#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define ll long long
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define mt make_tuple
#define fi first
#define se second
#define FOR(i,N) for(int i=0; i<N; i++)
#define cinv(v,N) vector<int> v(N); for(int i=0; i<N; i++){ cin >> v[i]; }
#define mt make_tuple
#define vll vector<long long int>
#define vvll vector<vector<long long int>>
#define vvvll vector<vector<vector<long long int>>>
#define all(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define message cout<<"now debugging…"<<endl
#define show(v) FOR(i,v.size()){ cout << v[i] << " "; } cout << endl;
#define showshow(v) FOR(i,v.size()){ FOR(j,v[i].size()){ cout << v[i][j] << " "; } cout << endl; }
#define showshowshow(v) FOR(i,v.size()){ FOR(j,v[i].size()){ FOR(k,v[i][j].size()){ cout << v[i][j][k] << "|"; } cout << " "; } cout << endl; }
const ll MOD = 1e9+7;
const ll MOD2 = 998244353;
const int INF = 1e9;

//Combination計算 //ComInitしないと何もできません。
const int LIMIT = 1e6+1;//1e6→50ms,1e7→500ms,1e8→5000ms程度。
//const ll MOD = 1e9+7;
vector<ll> FacMod(LIMIT), InvMod(LIMIT), FacInvMod(LIMIT);
const int dpComTableLIMIT = 3e3+1;
vector<vector<ll>> Com(dpComTableLIMIT,vector<ll>(dpComTableLIMIT,0));
const int ComKTableLIMIT = 1e7;
vector<ll> ComK(ComKTableLIMIT);

void DPComInit(){
  //Com[0][j]は0で初期化されている。
  for(int i=0; i<dpComTableLIMIT; i++){ Com[i][0] = 1; }
  
  for(int i=1; i<dpComTableLIMIT; i++){
    for(int j=1; j<dpComTableLIMIT; j++){
      Com[i][j] = (Com[i-1][j-1]+Com[i-1][j])%MOD;
    }
  }
}

void ComKInit(ll N){
  for(int i=0; i<=ComKTableLIMIT; i++){
    if(0<i && i<=N/2){
      ComK[i] = (ComK[i-1]*(N-i+1)/i)%MOD;
    }else if(i==0){
      ComK[i] = 1;
    }else if(N/2<i && i<=N){
      ComK[i] = ComK[N-i];
    }else{//i>Nの時
      ComK[i] = -1;
    }
  }
}

void ComInit(){//tableを作成
  FacMod[0] = FacMod[1] = 1;
  InvMod[0] = 0; InvMod[1] = 1; //InvMod[0]は定義できない
  FacInvMod[0] = FacInvMod[1] = 1;
  
  for(int i=2; i<LIMIT; i++){
    FacMod[i] = FacMod[i-1]*i%MOD;
    InvMod[i] = -InvMod[MOD%i]*(MOD/i)%MOD + MOD;
    FacInvMod[i] = FacInvMod[i-1] * InvMod[i]%MOD;
  }
}

ll ComMod(int n, int k){
  if(n>=0 && k>=0 && n>=k){
    return FacMod[n]*(FacInvMod[k]*FacInvMod[n-k]%MOD)%MOD;
  }else{
    return 0; //戻り値を0にする方が計算結果に影響が少ない。
  }
}


//繰り返し2乗法
ll power(ll x, ll y){//繰り返し2乗法
  if(y < 0){
    return 0;
  }else if(y == 0){
    return 1LL;
  }else if(y%2 == 0){//偶数
    return power(x,y/2)*power(x,y/2);
  }else{//奇数
    return power(x,y-1)*x;
  }
}

//繰り返し2乗法
ll mpower(ll x, ll y, ll m){//繰り返し2乗法
  if(y < 0){
    return 0;
  }else if(y == 0){
    return 1LL;
  }else if(y%2 == 0){//偶数
    return mpower(x,y/2,m)*mpower(x,y/2,m)%m;
  }else{//奇数
    return mpower(x,y-1,m)*x%m;
  }
}

//互除法
ll GCD(ll a, ll b){
  return b ? GCD(b,a%b) : a;
}

ll LCM(ll a, ll b){
  return (a / GCD(a,b))*b;
}

//素因数分解
pair<map<ll,ll>,bool> PrimeFactorization(ll N){
  pair<map<ll,ll>,bool> ret;//<素因数分解,素数判定>
  ret.second = true;
  
  //素因数分解
  if(N != 2){
    while(N%2 == 0){//p=2の時。
      N /= 2;
      ret.first[2] ++;
      ret.second = false;
    }
  }
  for(ll i=3; i*i<=N; i+=2){//p>=3の時。
    while(N%i == 0){
      N /= i; 
      ret.first[i] ++;
      ret.second = false;
    }
  }
  if(N != 1){//Nが素数の時
    ret.first[N] ++;
  }
  
  //返り値
  return ret;
}

class CC{
  public:
  map<ll,int> mp;//0-indexed
  map<int,ll> rmp;
  bool isUnique = true;
  
  CC(vector<ll> v){//座標圧縮が必要になるのはlonglongintの時が多い？
    sort(v.begin(),v.end());
    auto result = unique(v.begin(),v.end());
    isUnique = (result == v.end());
    v.erase(result, v.end());//重複を除いてもmapから参照できる。
    
    for(int i=0; i<(int)v.size(); i++){
      mp.emplace_hint(mp.end(),v[i],i);//key→value
      rmp.emplace_hint(rmp.end(),i,v[i]);//value→key
    }
  }
  
  ll getKey(int value){//keyが必要な場合は座標圧縮前のベクトルから参照できるため、これは不要？
    //座標圧縮後valueに対応するkeyを取得→0-indexedの時value+1番目のkey→v[value]で良いのでは？
    //key0がvalue0に対応している点に注意。
    return this->rmp[value];
  }
  
};

struct UnionFind {
    vector<int> par;
    
    UnionFind(int n) : par(n, -1) { }

    int root(int x) {
        if (par[x] < 0) return x;
        else return par[x] = root(par[x]);
    }
    
    bool issame(int x, int y) {
        return root(x) == root(y);
    }
    
    bool merge(int x, int y) {
        x = root(x); y = root(y);
        if (x == y) return false;
        if (par[x] > par[y]) swap(x, y); // merge technique
        par[x] += par[y];
        par[y] = x;
        return true;
    }
    
    int size(int x) {
        return -par[root(x)];
    }
};

class BinaryIndexedTree{
  int N;
  vector<int> BIT;
  
  public:  
  
  BinaryIndexedTree(int n):BIT(n+1,0){ N = n; }//1-indexed
  BinaryIndexedTree(vector<int> v):BIT(v.size()+1,0){
    N = v.size();
    for(int i=1; i<=N; i++){
      add(i,v[i-1]); 
    }
  }
  
  void add(int x, int y){//0-indexed originから呼び出される時
    for(int i=x+1; i <= N; i += i&-i){
      BIT[i] += y;
    }
  }
  
  int sum(int x){
    int ret = 0;
    for(int i=x; i>0; i -= i&-i){
      ret += BIT[i];
    }
    return ret;
  }
};

struct SegmentTree {
private:
    int n;
    vector<int> node;

public:
    SegmentTree(vector<int> v) {
        int sz = v.size();
        n = 1; while(n < sz) n *= 2;
        node.resize(2*n-1, INF);
        for(int i=0; i<sz; i++) node[i+n-1] = v[i];
        for(int i=n-2; i>=0; i--) node[i] = min(node[2*i+1], node[2*i+2]);
    }

    void update(int x, int val) {
        x += (n - 1);
        node[x] = val;
        while(x > 0) {
            x = (x - 1) / 2;
            node[x] = min(node[2*x+1], node[2*x+2]);
        }
    }

    int getmin(int a, int b, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1) {
        if(r < 0) r = n;
        if(r <= a || b <= l) return INF;
        if(a <= l && r <= b) return node[k];

        int vl = getmin(a, b, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
        int vr = getmin(a, b, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
        return min(vl, vr);
    }
};

struct LazySegmentTree {

    int n;
    vector<int> node, lazy;
    vector<bool> lazyFlag;

    LazySegmentTree(vector<int> v) {
        int sz = (int)v.size();
        n = 1; while(n < sz) n *= 2;
        node.resize(2*n-1,INF);
        lazy.resize(2*n-1, INF);
        lazyFlag.resize(2*n-1, false);

        for(int i=0; i<sz; i++) node[i+n-1] = v[i];
        for(int i=n-2; i>=0; i--) node[i] = min(node[i*2+1], node[i*2+2]);
    }

    void lazyEvaluate(int k, int l, int r) {
        if(lazyFlag[k]) {
            node[k] = min(node[k],lazy[k]);
            if(r - l > 1) {
                lazy[k*2+1] = min(lazy[k*2+1],lazy[k]);
                lazy[k*2+2] = min(lazy[k*2+2],lazy[k]);
                lazyFlag[k*2+1] = lazyFlag[k*2+2] = true;
            }
            lazyFlag[k] = false;
        }
    }

    void update(int a, int b, int x, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1) {
        if(r < 0) r = n;
        lazyEvaluate(k, l, r);
        if(b <= l || r <= a) return;
        if(a <= l && r <= b) {
            lazy[k] = min(lazy[k],x);
            lazyFlag[k] = true;
            lazyEvaluate(k, l, r);
        }
        else {
            update(a, b, x, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
            update(a, b, x, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
            node[k] = min(node[2*k+1], node[2*k+2]);
        }
    }

    int find(int a, int b, int k=0, int l=0, int r=-1) {
        if(r < 0) r = n;
        lazyEvaluate(k, l, r);
        if(b <= l || r <= a) return INF;
        if(a <= l && r <= b) return node[k];
        int vl = find(a, b, 2*k+1, l, (l+r)/2);
        int vr = find(a, b, 2*k+2, (l+r)/2, r);
        return min(vl, vr);
    }
};

int main()
{
  //input
  cin.tie(0);
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  
  string S; cin >> S;
  int N = S.size();
  int g = 0;
  for(int i=0; i<N; i++){
    if(S[i] == 'g') g ++; 
  }
  int p = N - g;
  int ans = (g-p)/2;
  
  // output
  cout << ans << endl;
  
  return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 175552