#include<iostream>
#include<string>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cctype>
#include<set>
#include<bitset>
#include<math.h>
#include<map>
#include<queue>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;
#ifdef _WIN32
#include <Windows.h>
#endif

int main()
{
    int rt = 0, lt = 0;
    string s;
    cin >> s;
    for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++){
        if (s[i] == 'c') rt++;
        else lt++;
    }
    cout << min(rt-1, lt) << endl;
}