en2asc = lambda s: ord(s) - 97 N = int(input()) S = input() MOD = 998244353 p25 = [1] * N for i in range(1, N): p25[i] = p25[i - 1] * 25 % MOD ct_a = 0 ans = 0 for i, s in enumerate(S): a = en2asc(s) if a: # s != "a" if ct_a == 0: if i != N - 1: ans += (a - 1) * (N - i - 1) * p25[N - i - 2] ans += p25[N - i - 1] elif ct_a == 1: ans += (a - 1) * p25[N - i - 1] ans %= MOD else: # s == "a" ct_a += 1 if ct_a > 1: break print(ans)