#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::{max, min, Ordering};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufWriter, StdoutLock, Write};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::iter::FromIterator;
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! input { ( source = $ s : expr , $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let mut iter = $ s . split_whitespace ( ) ; let mut next = || { iter . next ( ) . unwrap ( ) } ; input_inner ! { next , $ ( $ r ) * } } ; ( $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let stdin = std :: io :: stdin ( ) ; let mut bytes = std :: io :: Read :: bytes ( std :: io :: BufReader :: new ( stdin . lock ( ) ) ) ; let mut next = move || -> String { bytes . by_ref ( ) . map ( | r | r . unwrap ( ) as char ) . skip_while ( | c | c . is_whitespace ( ) ) . take_while ( | c |! c . is_whitespace ( ) ) . collect ( ) } ; input_inner ! { next , $ ( $ r ) * } } ; }
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! input_inner { ( $ next : expr ) => { } ; ( $ next : expr , ) => { } ; ( $ next : expr , $ var : ident : $ t : tt $ ( $ r : tt ) * ) => { let $ var = read_value ! ( $ next , $ t ) ; input_inner ! { $ next $ ( $ r ) * } } ; }
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! read_value { ( $ next : expr , ( $ ( $ t : tt ) ,* ) ) => { ( $ ( read_value ! ( $ next , $ t ) ) ,* ) } ; ( $ next : expr , [ $ t : tt ; $ len : expr ] ) => { ( 0 ..$ len ) . map ( | _ | read_value ! ( $ next , $ t ) ) . collect ::< Vec < _ >> ( ) } ; ( $ next : expr , chars ) => { read_value ! ( $ next , String ) . chars ( ) . collect ::< Vec < char >> ( ) } ; ( $ next : expr , bytes ) => { read_value ! ( $ next , String ) . into_bytes ( ) } ; ( $ next : expr , usize1 ) => { read_value ! ( $ next , usize ) - 1 } ; ( $ next : expr , $ t : ty ) => { $ next ( ) . parse ::<$ t > ( ) . expect ( "Parse error" ) } ; }
#[allow(dead_code)]
pub fn with_bufwriter<F: FnOnce(BufWriter<StdoutLock>) -> ()>(f: F) {
    let out = stdout();
    let writer = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
    f(writer)
}
#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules ! debug { ( $ ( $ a : expr ) ,* ) => { eprintln ! ( concat ! ( $ ( stringify ! ( $ a ) , " = {:?}, " ) ,* ) , $ ( $ a ) ,* ) } ; }
#[allow(dead_code)]
fn main() {
    input!{
        x: chars,
    }
    let mut index: usize = 0;
    let mut ans = 0;
    while index < x.len() {
        let mut snum = 0;
        while index < x.len() && x[index] != 'S' {
            index += 1;
        }
        while index < x.len() && x[index] == 'S' {
            snum += 1;
            index += 1;
        }
        //debug!(snum);
        let mut tnum = 0;
        while index < x.len() && x[index] == 'T' {
            tnum += 1;
            index += 1;
            if tnum == snum {
                break;
            }
        }
        ans += tnum;
        //debug!(tnum);
        //debug!(ans);
    }
    //debug!(ans);
    println!("{}", x.len() -  ans * 2);
}