#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
// your code goes here
string s;
cin>>s;
int n=s.size();
int cnt_star=0, cnt_hash=0;
int ans=0;
for(char c: s){
if(c=='*') cnt_star++;
else cnt_hash++;
}
if(cnt_star>cnt_hash){
ans=cnt_star-cnt_hash;
}
else if(cnt_hash>cnt_star){
ans=cnt_star-cnt_hash;
}
cout<<"ans: "<<ans;
return 0;
}
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