#include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int t, ans, i;
char c[51];
while (cin >> t)
{
cin >> c;
ans = 0;
for (i = 0; i < (t - 1); i++)
{
if (c[i] != c[i + 1])
ans++;
}
cout << (t - 1 - ans) << endl;
}
return 0;
}
#include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int t, ans, i;
char c[51];
while (cin >> t)
{
cin >> c;
ans = 0;
for (i = 0; i < (t - 1); i++)
{
if (c[i] != c[i + 1])
ans++;
}
cout << (t - 1 - ans) << endl;
}
return 0;
}