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import java.awt.image.ReplicateScaleFilter;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.*;

import javax.swing.RepaintManager;

public class Main {

	static int mod = (int) 1e9 + 7;

	static ArrayList<Integer> x = new ArrayList<>();
	static ArrayList<Integer> y = new ArrayList<>();

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		FasterScanner in = new FasterScanner();
		PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
	 /*-----------------------------------------------------
        |||AUTHOR :- DHRUV PATEL
        |||DA-IICT INSTITUTE
        |||COPYRIGHT MATERIAL
        ------------------------------------------------------*/

		int n=in.nextInt();
		String s1=in.nextLine();
		String s2=""+s1.charAt(0);
		int count=0;
		for(int i=1;i<n;i++)
		{
		    if(s1.charAt(i)!=s2.charAt(i-1))
		        s2+=s1.charAt(i);
		    else if(i!=n-1 && s1.charAt(i)==s2.charAt(i-1) && s1.charAt(i+1)==s1.charAt(i))
		    {
		        if(s1.charAt(i)=='r')
		        {
		            s2+='b';
		            s2+=s1.charAt(++i);
		        }
		        else
		        {
		            s2+='r';
		            s2+=s1.charAt(++i);
		        }
		        count++;
		    }
		    else if(i==n-1 && s1.charAt(i)==s2.charAt(i-1))
		    {
		        count++;
		    }
		    else
		    {
		        s2+=s1.charAt(i+1);
		        s2+=s1.charAt(i);
		        i++;
		        count++;
		    }
		    
		}
        out.println(count);
		out.close();
	}

	public static long pow(long x, long n, long mod) {
		long res = 1;
		for (long p = x; n > 0; n >>= 1, p = (p * p) % mod) {
			if ((n & 1) != 0) {
				res = (res * p % mod);
			}
		}
		return res;
	}

	static long gcd(long n1, long n2) {
		long r;
		while (n2 != 0) {
			r = n1 % n2;
			n1 = n2;
			n2 = r;
		}
		return n1;
	}

	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;
		}
	}
}