#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#include<atcoder/all>
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<long long> vl;
typedef vector<vector<int>> vvi;
typedef vector<vector<long long>> vvl;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> P;

template <int m> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const static_modint<m>& a) {os << a.val(); return os;}
template <int m> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const dynamic_modint<m>& a) {os << a.val(); return os;}
template <int m> istream& operator>>(istream& is, static_modint<m>& a) {long long x; is >> x; a = x; return is;}
template <int m> istream& operator>>(istream& is, dynamic_modint<m>& a) {long long x; is >> x; a = x; return is;}
template<typename T> istream& operator>>(istream& is, vector<T>& v){int n = v.size(); assert(n > 0); rep(i, n) is >> v[i]; return is;}
template<typename U, typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const pair<U, T>& p){os << p.first << ' ' << p.second; return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<T>& v){int n = v.size(); rep(i, n) os << v[i] << (i == n - 1 ? "\n" : " "); return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const vector<vector<T>>& v){int n = v.size(); rep(i, n) os << v[i] << (i == n - 1 ? "\n" : ""); return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const set<T>& se){for(T x : se) os << x << " "; os << "\n"; return os;}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const unordered_set<T>& se){for(T x : se) os << x << " "; os << "\n"; return os;}
template<typename S, auto op, auto e> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const atcoder::segtree<S, op, e>& seg){int n = seg.max_right(0, [](S){return true;}); rep(i, n) os << seg.get(i) << (i == n - 1 ? "\n" : " "); return os;}
template<typename S, auto op, auto e, typename F, auto mapping, auto composition, auto id> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const atcoder::lazy_segtree<S, op, e, F, mapping, composition, id>& seg){int n = seg.max_right(0, [](S){return true;}); rep(i, n) os << seg.get(i) << (i == n - 1 ? "\n" : " "); return os;}

template<typename T> void chmin(T& a, T b){a = min(a, b);}
template<typename T> void chmax(T& a, T b){a = max(a, b);}

int main(){
	string s;
	cin >> s;
	int n = s.size();
	deque<pair<char, int>> de;
	int ans = n;
	rep(i, n){
		if(s[i] == '<'){
			de.emplace_back('<', 1);
		}
		if(s[i] == '='){
			if(de.size()){
				auto [c, len] = de.back();
				if(c == '='){
					de.pop_back();
					de.emplace_back('=', len + 1);
					continue;
				}
			}
			de.emplace_back('=', 1);
		}
		if(s[i] == '>'){
			if(int(de.size()) >= 2){
				auto [c1, len1] = de.back(); de.pop_back();
				auto [c2, len2] = de.back(); de.pop_back();
				if(c1 == '=' and c2 == '<'){
					ans -= 2 + len1;
					continue;
				}
				de.emplace_back(c2, len2);
				de.emplace_back(c1, len1);
			}
			de.emplace_back('>', 1);
		}
	}
	cout << ans << "\n";
	return 0;
}