import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in Actual solution is at the top
 * 
 * @author daltao
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Thread thread = new Thread(null, new TaskAdapter(), "daltao", 1 << 27);
        thread.start();
        thread.join();
    }

    static class TaskAdapter implements Runnable {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            InputStream inputStream = System.in;
            OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
            FastInput in = new FastInput(inputStream);
            PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
            TaskA solver = new TaskA();
            solver.solve(1, in, out);
            out.close();
        }
    }
    static class TaskA {
        public void solve(int testNumber, FastInput in, PrintWriter out) {
            char[] s = new char[200000];
            int n = in.readString(s, 0);
            int sCnt = 0;
            int tCnt = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                if (s[i] == 'S') {
                    sCnt++;
                } else {
                    if (sCnt > 0) {
                        sCnt--;
                    } else {
                        tCnt++;
                    }
                }
            }

            out.println(sCnt + tCnt);
        }

    }
    static class FastInput {
        private final InputStream is;
        private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 13];
        private int bufLen;
        private int bufOffset;
        private int next;

        public FastInput(InputStream is) {
            this.is = is;
        }

        private int read() {
            while (bufLen == bufOffset) {
                bufOffset = 0;
                try {
                    bufLen = is.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
                if (bufLen == -1) {
                    return -1;
                }
            }
            return buf[bufOffset++];
        }

        public void skipBlank() {
            while (next >= 0 && next <= 32) {
                next = read();
            }
        }

        public int readString(char[] data, int offset) {
            skipBlank();

            int originalOffset = offset;
            while (next > 32) {
                data[offset++] = (char) next;
                next = read();
            }

            return offset - originalOffset;
        }

    }
}

