Program
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0),cin.tie(0),cout.tie(0);
int n,c=0;
string s;
cin >> n;
cin >> s;
for (int x = 0; x < n; x++) if (s[x] == s[x+1]) c+=1;
cout << c << '\n';
return 0;
}input();s=list(input());c=0
for x in range(len(s)-1):
if s[x]==s[x+1]:c+=1
print(c)