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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
void swap(int &a, int &b) {
  int c = a;
  a = b;
  b = c;
}
bool prime(int n) {
  if (n <= 1) return false;
  if (n <= 3) return true;
  if (n % 2 == 0 || n % 3 == 0) return false;
  for (int i = 5; i * i <= n; i = i + 6)
    if (n % i == 0 || n % (i + 2) == 0) return false;
  return true;
}
void solve() {
  int n, b = 0, r = 0;
  cin >> n;
  string l;
  cin >> l;
  for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
    if (l[i] == l[i + 1]) {
      if (l[i] == 'b') {
        l[i + 1] = 'r';
        b++;
      } else {
        l[i + 1] = 'b';
        r++;
      }
    }
  }
  cout << max(b, r);
}
int main() {
  std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  cout.tie(0);
  int t;
  t = 1;
  while (t--) {
    solve();
  }
  return 0;
}
