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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class da {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        InputReader sc = new InputReader(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        int n = sc.nextInt();
        String cock = sc.next();
        int ans = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
            if (cock.charAt(i) == cock.charAt(i - 1))
                ans++;
        }
        out.print(ans / 2);
        out.close();
    }

    static class InputReader {
        public BufferedReader reader;
        public StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        public String next() {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            return Long.valueOf(next());
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            return Double.valueOf(next());
        }

        String nextLine() throws IOException {
            return reader.readLine();
        }

    }
}