#include <cstdio>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
char text[199];
int i=0,a=0;
gets(text);
while (text[i]!='\0')
{
if (text[i]=='a')
{
a++;
}
i++;
}
cout<<a;
}
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