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import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.*;
 
 public class R373_2 {
	static long mod=(long) (1e9+7);
	public static void main(String args[]){
		FasterScanner s=new FasterScanner();
		PrintWriter out =new PrintWriter(System.out);
		int n=s.nextInt();
		char c[]=s.nextLine().toCharArray();
		int ansr=0;
		int ansb=0;
		for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
			if(c[i]==c[i-1] && c[i]=='b'){
				ansb++;
				i++;
			}
			else if(c[i]==c[i-1] && c[i]=='r'){
				ansr++;
				i++;
			}
		}
		System.out.println(Math.max(ansr,ansb));
		out.close();
	}
	static class FasterScanner {
        private byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
        private int curChar;
        private int snumChars;
 
        public int read() {
            if (snumChars == -1)
                throw new InputMismatchException();
            if (curChar >= snumChars) {
                curChar = 0;
                try {
                    snumChars = System.in.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                if (snumChars <= 0)
                    return -1;
            }
            return buf[curChar++];
        }
 
        public String nextLine() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c))
                c = read();
            StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
            do {
                res.appendCodePoint(c);
                c = read();
            } while (!isEndOfLine(c));
            return res.toString();
        }
 
        public String nextString() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c))
                c = read();
            StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
            do {
                res.appendCodePoint(c);
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res.toString();
        }
 
        public long nextLong() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c))
                c = read();
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            long res = 0;
            do {
                if (c < '0' || c > '9')
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }
 
        public int nextInt() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c))
                c = read();
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            int res = 0;
            do {
                if (c < '0' || c > '9')
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }
 
        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] arr = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                arr[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return arr;
        }
 
        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] arr = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                arr[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return arr;
        }
 
        private boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
            return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
        }
 
        private boolean isEndOfLine(int c) {
            return c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == -1;
        }
    }
}