#line 1 "f.cpp"
#pragma region Macros
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
template <class T> inline bool chmax(T &a, T b) {
    if(a < b) {
        a = b;
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
template <class T> inline bool chmin(T &a, T b) {
    if(a > b) {
        a = b;
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}
#ifdef DEBUG
template <class T, class U>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<T, U> &p) {
    os << '(' << p.first << ',' << p.second << ')';
    return os;
}
template <class T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v) {
    os << '{';
    for(int i = 0; i < (int)v.size(); i++) {
        if(i) { os << ','; }
        os << v[i];
    }
    os << '}';
    return os;
}
void debugg() { cerr << endl; }
template <class T, class... Args>
void debugg(const T &x, const Args &... args) {
    cerr << " " << x;
    debugg(args...);
}
#define debug(...)                                                             \
    cerr << __LINE__ << " [" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]: ", debugg(__VA_ARGS__)
#define dump(x) cerr << __LINE__ << " " << #x << " = " << (x) << endl
#else
#define debug(...) (void(0))
#define dump(x) (void(0))
#endif

struct Setup {
    Setup() {
        cin.tie(0);
        ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
        cout << fixed << setprecision(15);
    }
} __Setup;

using ll = long long;
#define OVERLOAD3(_1, _2, _3, name, ...) name
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define RALL(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
#define REP1(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); i++)
#define REP2(i, a, b) for(int i = (a); i < int(b); i++)
#define REP(...) OVERLOAD3(__VA_ARGS__, REP2, REP1)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define UNIQUE(v) sort(ALL(v)), (v).erase(unique(ALL(v)), (v).end())
const int INF = 1 << 30;
const ll LLINF = 1LL << 60;
constexpr int MOD = 1000000007;
constexpr int MOD2 = 998244353;
const int dx[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
const int dy[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};

void Case(int i) { cout << "Case #" << i << ": "; }
int popcount(int x) { return __builtin_popcount(x); }
ll popcount(ll x) { return __builtin_popcountll(x); }
#pragma endregion Macros

#line 1 "/home/siro53/kyo-pro/compro_library/math/modint.hpp"
template <int mod> struct ModInt {
    int x;
    ModInt() : x(0) {}
    ModInt(int64_t y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}
    ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &p) {
        if((x += p.x) >= mod)
            x -= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &p) {
        if((x += mod - p.x) >= mod)
            x -= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &p) {
        x = (int)(1LL * x * p.x % mod);
        return *this;
    }
    ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &p) {
        *this *= p.inv();
        return *this;
    }
    ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }
    ModInt operator+(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }
    ModInt operator-(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }
    ModInt operator*(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }
    ModInt operator/(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }
    bool operator==(const ModInt &p) const { return x == p.x; }
    bool operator!=(const ModInt &p) const { return x != p.x; }
    ModInt inv() const {
        int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
        while(b > 0) {
            t = a / b;
            swap(a -= t * b, b);
            swap(u -= t * v, v);
        }
        return ModInt(u);
    }
    ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
        ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
        while(n > 0) {
            if(n & 1)
                ret *= mul;
            mul *= mul;
            n >>= 1;
        }
        return ret;
    }
    friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const ModInt &p) {
        return os << p.x;
    }
    friend istream &operator>>(istream &is, ModInt &a) {
        int64_t t;
        is >> t;
        a = ModInt<mod>(t);
        return (is);
    }
    static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};
#line 76 "f.cpp"
using mint = ModInt<MOD2>;

int N;
string s;
// dp[i桁目までみた][未満フラグ]['a'を何個使ったか]
mint dp[200010][2][2];

int main() {
    cin >> N >> s;
    dp[0][0][0] = 1;
    REP(i, N) REP(f, 2) REP(acnt, 2) {
        int c = s[i] - 'a';
        REP(nc, 26) {
            if(f == 0 and nc > c) continue;
            if(acnt == 1 and nc == 0) continue;
            int nf = f;
            if(nc < c) nf = 1;
            int nacnt = acnt;
            if(nc == 0) nacnt += 1;
            dp[i+1][nf][nacnt] += dp[i][f][acnt]; 
        }
    }
    mint ans = 0;
    REP(f, 2) ans += dp[N][f][1];
    if(count(ALL(s), 'a') == 1) ans -= 1;
    cout << ans << endl;
}