#include <iostream>
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
long sum = 0;
string s;
cin >> s;
int strt = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++){
int index = s[i] - 97;
if (abs(index - strt) < 13)
sum += abs(index - strt);
else
sum += 26 - abs(index - strt);
strt = index;
}
cout << sum;
return 0;
}
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