#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin >> n ;
int *array = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
cin >> array[i];
int temp = array[0];
int sum = 1;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
if (array[i] != temp)
{
sum++;
temp = array[i];
}
}
cout << sum << endl;
delete[]array;
return 0;
}