#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
#define FOR(i,j,k) for(int (i)=(j);(i)<(int)(k);++(i))
#define rep(i,j) FOR(i,0,j)
#define each(x,y) for(auto &(x):(y))
#define mp make_pair
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define debug(x) cout<<#x<<": "<<(x)<<endl
#define smax(x,y) (x)=max((x),(y))
#define smin(x,y) (x)=min((x),(y))
#define MEM(x,y) memset((x),(y),sizeof (x))
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vll;

int main(){
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    string S; cin >> S;
    int c = count(all(S), 'c'), w = sz(S) - c;
    int ans = min(c - 1, w);
    cout << ans << endl;
}