Unification

AtCoder
IDabc120_c
Time2000ms
Memory256MB
Difficulty
There are $N$ cubes stacked vertically on a desk. You are given a string $S$ of length $N$. The color of the $i$\-th cube from the bottom is red if the $i$\-th character in $S$ is `0`, and blue if that character is `1`. You can perform the following operation any number of times: choose a red cube and a blue cube that are adjacent, and remove them. Here, the cubes that were stacked on the removed cubes will fall down onto the object below them. At most how many cubes can be removed? ## Constraints * $1 \leq N \leq 10^5$ * $|S| = N$ * Each character in $S$ is `0` or `1`. ## Input Input is given from Standard Input in the following format: $S$ [samples]
Samples
Input #1
0011
Output #1
4

All four cubes can be removed, by performing the operation as follows:

*   Remove the second and third cubes from the bottom. Then, the fourth cube drops onto the first cube.
*   Remove the first and second cubes from the bottom.
Input #2
11011010001011
Output #2
12
Input #3
0
Output #3
0
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