import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Main {  
//SSSTSTT --> SSSTT --> SST --> S (Keep a running counter of S's as you traverse left to right
// across given string)
	public static void main(String[] args) { 
		FastScanner I = new FastScanner(); //Input
		OutPut O = new OutPut(); //Output
		String S = I.next();
		int ans = S.length();
		int N = ans;
		int s = 0;
		for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
			if (S.charAt(i)=='S') {
				s++;
				int t = 0;
				for (int next = i+1; next < N; next++) {
					if (S.charAt(next)=='T') {
						i=next-1;
						break;
					}
					s++;
				}
				for (int next = i+1; next<N; next++) {
					if (S.charAt(next)=='S') {
						i=next-1;
						break;
					}
					t++;
				}
				ans-=Math.min(s, t)*2;
				s-=Math.min(s,t);
			}
		}
		O.pln(ans);
	}
	public static long ceil(long num, long den) {long ans = num/den; if (num%den!=0) 
	ans++; return ans;}
	public static long GCD(long a, long b) {
		if (a==0||b==0) return Math.max(a,b);
		return GCD(Math.min(a, b),Math.max(a, b)%Math.min(a, b));
	}
	public static long FastExp(long base, long exp, long mod) {
		long ans=1;
		while (exp>0) {
			if (exp%2==1) ans*=base;
			exp/=2;
			base*=base;
			base%=mod;
			ans%=mod;
		}
		return ans;
	}
	public static long ModInv(long num,long mod) {return FastExp(num,mod-2,mod);}
	public static int pop(long x) { //Returns number of bits within a number
		int cnt = 0;
		while (x>0) {
			if (x%2==1) cnt++;
			x/=2;
		}
		return cnt;
	}
	static class FastScanner {
		BufferedReader br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		StringTokenizer st=new StringTokenizer("");
		String next() {
			while (!st.hasMoreTokens())
				try {
					st=new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
				} catch (IOException e) {
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			return st.nextToken();
		}
		int nextInt() {return Integer.parseInt(next());}
		long nextLong() {return Long.parseLong(next());};
		double nextDouble() {return Double.parseDouble(next());}
	}
	static class OutPut{
		PrintWriter w = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		void pln(double x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(boolean x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(int x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(long x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(String x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(char x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(StringBuilder x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void pln(BigInteger x) {w.println(x);w.flush();}
		void p(int x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(long x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(String x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(char x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(StringBuilder x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(BigInteger x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(double x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
		void p(boolean x) {w.print(x);w.flush();}
	}
}