#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>

using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;

template<typename T>
ostream_iterator<T> oit(const string &s = " "){ return ostream_iterator<T>(cout,s.c_str()); }
inline auto rep(int l, int r) { return views::iota(min(l, r), r); }
inline auto rep(int n) { return rep(0, n); }
inline auto rep1(int l, int r) { return rep(l, r + 1); }
inline auto rep1(int n) { return rep(1, n + 1); }
inline auto per(int l, int r) { return rep(l, r) | views::reverse; }
inline auto per(int n) { return per(0, n); }
inline auto per1(int l, int r) { return per(l, r + 1); }
inline auto per1(int n) { return per(1, n + 1); }
#define A(a) begin(a),end(a)
inline auto len = ranges::ssize;

struct chash {
    static uint64_t splitmix64(uint64_t x) {
        // http://xorshift.di.unimi.it/splitmix64.c
        x += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9;
        x = (x ^ (x >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111eb;
        return x ^ (x >> 31);
    }

    size_t operator()(uint64_t x) const {
        static const uint64_t FIXED_RANDOM = chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count();
        return splitmix64(x + FIXED_RANDOM);
    }
};
template<typename T, typename U> using pb_map = gp_hash_table<T, U, chash>;
template<typename T> using pb_set = gp_hash_table<T, null_type, chash>;
#define K first
#define V second

using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;

using vi = vector<int>;
using vii = vector<vector<int>>;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
using pll = pair<ll,ll>;
using pii = pair<int,int>;

constexpr ll NN = 2e5, M = 1000000007, L = 20;

ll f1[NN], f2[NN];
ll inv(ll a, ll b=M) { return 1 < a ? b - inv(b % a, a) * b / a : 1; } // inv a mod b
ll choose(ll n, ll k) { return f1[n] * f2[k] % M * f2[n - k] % M; } // n choose k

void run()
{
    string s; cin >> s; int n = len(s); int odd = n%2;

    string a = s.substr(0,n/2);
    string b = s.substr(n/2 + n%2);
    ranges::reverse(a);

    assert(len(a)==len(b));
    n = len(a);
    int ans = 0;
    // cout << a << " " << b << endl;
    for(int i : rep(n)){
        if(a[i]!=b[i]){
            ans++;
            a[i]=b[i];
            if(i+1<n and a[i+1]!=b[i+1]) a[i+1]=b[i+1];
            else if(i){
                ans++; //need another since we are forced to change
            }
        }
    }

    cout << ans << '\n';
}

int main()
{
    //KING OF THE WORLD...... U.W.T.B
    cin.tie(0);
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    run();
}