#ifndef _GLIBCXX_NO_ASSERT
#include <cassert>
#endif
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>
#endif

// C++
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#endif
using namespace std;

typedef long long ll;
//typedef pair<int,int> Pint;
//typedef pair<ll, ll> P;
//typedef pair<ll, pair<ll, ll>> P;
//typedef tuple<int,int,int> T;
typedef vector<ll> vec;
typedef vector<vec> mat;
#define rep(i, n) for(ll i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define revrep(i, n) for(ll i = n-1; i >= 0; i--)
#define pb push_back
#define f first
#define s second
ll INFL = 1LL << 60;//10^18 = 2^60
int INF = 1 << 30;//10^9
ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
//ll MOD  = 998244353;
vector<ll> dy = {0, 0, 1, -1, 1, 1, -1, -1, 0};
vector<ll> dx = {1, -1, 0, 0, 1, -1, 1, -1, 0};

ll max(ll a, ll b){return (a > b) ? a : b;}
ll min(ll a, ll b){return (a < b) ? a : b;}
ll pow_long(ll x, ll k){
  ll res = 1;
  while(k > 0){
    if(k % 2) res *= x;
    x *= x;
    k /= 2;
  }
  return res;
}

ll pow_mod(ll x, ll k){
  x %= MOD; x += MOD; x %= MOD;
  ll res = 1;
  while(k > 0){
    if(k % 2){
      res *= x; res %= MOD;
    }
    x *= x; x %= MOD;
    k /= 2;
  }
  return res;
}
ll inverse(ll x){return pow_mod(x, MOD - 2);};

ll gcd(ll a, ll b){
    if(b == 0) return a;
    return gcd(b, a % b);
}
ll lcm(ll x, ll y){return x / gcd(x, y) * y % MOD;};

//MODなしバージョン
vector<vector<ll>> memo(60, vector<ll>(60, -1));
//コンビネーション
ll comb(ll n, ll k){
    if(memo[n][k] != -1) return memo[n][k];
    if(n < k) return 0;
    if(n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    if(n == 0 || k == 0) return 1;
    return memo[n][k] = comb(n-1, k) + comb(n-1, k-1);
}

bool allSame(string T, char x){
  rep(i, T.size()){
    if(T[i] != x) return 0;
  }
  return 1;
}

int main(){
  string S; cin >> S;
  ll ans = 110;
  rep(i, S.size()){
    char x = S[i];
    int cnt = 0;
    string T = S;
    while(true){
      if(allSame(T, x)) break;
      string T_ = "";
      rep(i, T.size() - 1){
        if(T[i] == x || T[i+1] == x){
          T_ += x;
        }else{
          T_ += T[i];
        }
      }
      T = T_;
      cnt++;
    }
    ans = min(ans, cnt);
  }
  cout << ans << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256