#!/usr/bin/env python3 from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase import fileinput import re def main(): removals = set(map(''.join, zip(ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase))) removals = removals.union({r[::-1] for r in removals}) remove_regex = re.compile('({})'.format('|'.join(removals))) line = next(fileinput.input()).strip() count = 1 while count > 0: line, count = remove_regex.subn('', line) return len(line) if __name__ == '__main__': print(main())