function myin(){return require("fs").readFileSync("/dev/stdin", "utf8").trim();}
function myout(t){console.log(t);}//standard output
function myerr(t){console.error(t);}//standard error
//[no]param
//0:何もしない  1:数値へ変換  2:半角SPで分割  3:改行で分割  4:半角SPで分割し、数値配列へ
//5:改行で分割し、数値配列へ  6:1文字に分割  7:1文字に分割し、数値配列へ
function myconv(i,no){switch(no){case 0:return i;case 1:return parseInt(i);case 2:return i.split(" ");case 3:return i.split("\n");case 4:return i.split(" ").map((a)=>Number(a));case 5:return i.split("\n").map((a)=>Number(a));case 6:return i.split("");case 7:return i.split("").map((a)=>Number(a));}}
function Main(input) {
  input = myconv(input,6);
  var output = [];
  var mae = "";
  var tmp = "";
  for(var i = 1; i < input.length; i++){
    tmp += input[i];
    if(mae == input[i]){
       continue;
    }else{
      output.push(tmp);
      mae = tmp;
      tmp = "";
    }
  }
  myerr(output);
  myout(output.length);
}
Main(myin());