String
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Algorithms
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String manipulation
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65% Success 10803 Attempts 10 Points 1s Time Limit 256MB Memory 1024 KB Max Code

You are given a String $$S$$ of size $$N$$, consisting of lowercase English characters. Now, you need to select a single English lowercase alphabet, and delete all occurences of it from the given string $$S$$

Considering you do the mentioned exactly once over the given string, what is the minimum possible length of the resultant string ?

Input Format :

The first line contains a single integer N. The next line contains a String $$S$$ of length $$N$$ consisting of lowercase Englsh characters.

Output Format :

Print the required answer on a single line

Constraints :

$$ 1 \le N \le 100, 000 $$

Note that the Expected Output feature of Custom Invocation is not supported for this contest. 

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