using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
class Solve{
    public Solve(){}
    StringBuilder sb;
    ReadData re;
    public static int Main(){
        new Solve().Run();
        return 0;
    }
    void Run(){
        sb = new StringBuilder();
        re = new ReadData();
        Calc();
        Console.Write(sb.ToString());
    }
    void Calc(){
        string S = re.s();
        int N = S.Length;
        long[] E = new long[N+1];
        int C = 0;
        for(int i=0;i<N;i++){
            C ^= (1 << (S[i]-'a'));
            E[i+1] = C;
        }
        Compression Comp = new Compression(E);
        int[] DP = new int[Comp.size];
        for(int i=0;i<DP.Length;i++){
            DP[i] = 2*N;
        }
        DP[Comp.ToPoint(C)] = 0;
        for(int i=N-1;i>=0;i--){
            int min = 2*N;
            for(int j=0;j<27;j++){
                long num = E[i] ^ (j == 26 ? 0 : (1 << j));
                int p = Comp.ToPoint(num);
                if(p != -1){
                    min = Math.Min(min,1+DP[p]);
                }
            }
            DP[Comp.ToPoint(E[i])] = Math.Min(min,DP[Comp.ToPoint(E[i])]);
            if(i == 0){
                sb.Append(min+"\n");
            }
        }
    }
}
class Compression{
    public int size;
    public long[] A;
    public Compression(long[] a){
        long[] b = new long[a.Length];
        for(int i=0;i<a.Length;i++){
            b[i] = a[i];
        }
        a = b;
        Array.Sort(a);
        List<long> AL = new List<long>();
        AL.Add(a[0]);
        for(int i=1;i<a.Length;i++){
            if(a[i] != a[i-1]){
                AL.Add(a[i]);
            }
        }
        A = AL.ToArray();
        size = A.Length;
    }
    public int ToPoint(long X){
        int bf = 0;
        int bl = size-1;
        while(bf != bl){
            int bc = (bf+bl)/2;
            if(A[bc] >= X){
                bl = bc;
            }
            else{
                bf = bc+1;
            }
        }
        if(A[bf] == X){
            return bf;
        }
        return -1;
    }
    public long Value(int i){
        return A[i];
    }
}
class ReadData{
    string[] str;
    int counter;
    public ReadData(){
        counter = 0;
    }
    public string s(){
        if(counter == 0){
            str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
            counter = str.Length;
        }
        counter--;
        return str[str.Length-counter-1];
    }
    public int i(){
        return int.Parse(s());
    }
    public long l(){
        return long.Parse(s());
    }
    public double d(){
        return double.Parse(s());
    }
    public int[] ia(int N){
        int[] ans = new int[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = i();
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public int[] ia(){
        str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        counter = 0;
        int[] ans = new int[str.Length];
        for(int j=0;j<str.Length;j++){
            ans[j] = int.Parse(str[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public long[] la(int N){
        long[] ans = new long[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = l();
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public long[] la(){
        str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        counter = 0;
        long[] ans = new long[str.Length];
        for(int j=0;j<str.Length;j++){
            ans[j] = long.Parse(str[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public double[] da(int N){
        double[] ans = new double[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = d();
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public double[] da(){
        str = Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        counter = 0;
        double[] ans = new double[str.Length];
        for(int j=0;j<str.Length;j++){
            ans[j] = double.Parse(str[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public List<int>[] g(int N,int[] f,int[] t){
        List<int>[] ans = new List<int>[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = new List<int>();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<f.Length;j++){
            ans[f[j]].Add(t[j]);
            ans[t[j]].Add(f[j]);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public List<int>[] g(int N,int M){
        List<int>[] ans = new List<int>[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = new List<int>();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<M;j++){
            int f = i()-1;
            int t = i()-1;
            ans[f].Add(t);
            ans[t].Add(f);
        }
        return ans;
    }
    public List<int>[] g(){
        int N = i();
        int M = i();
        List<int>[] ans = new List<int>[N];
        for(int j=0;j<N;j++){
            ans[j] = new List<int>();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<M;j++){
            int f = i()-1;
            int t = i()-1;
            ans[f].Add(t);
            ans[t].Add(f);
        }
        return ans;
    }
}
public static class Define{
    public const long mod = 1000000007;
}
public static class Debug{
    public static void Print(double[,,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                for(int l=0;l<k.GetLength(2);l++){
                    Console.Write(k[i,j,l]+" ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(double[,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                Console.Write(k[i,j]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(double[] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.Length;i++){
            Console.WriteLine(k[i]);
        }
    }
    public static void Print(long[,,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                for(int l=0;l<k.GetLength(2);l++){
                    Console.Write(k[i,j,l]+" ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(long[,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                Console.Write(k[i,j]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(long[] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.Length;i++){
            Console.WriteLine(k[i]);
        }
    }
    public static void Print(int[,,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                for(int l=0;l<k.GetLength(2);l++){
                    Console.Write(k[i,j,l]+" ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(int[,] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.GetLength(0);i++){
            for(int j=0;j<k.GetLength(1);j++){
                Console.Write(k[i,j]+" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    public static void Print(int[] k){
        for(int i=0;i<k.Length;i++){
            Console.WriteLine(k[i]);
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 22112