'use strict';
 
process.stdin.resume();
process.stdin.setEncoding('utf-8');
 
let inputString = '';
let currentLine = 0;
 
process.stdin.on('data', function(inputStdin) {
    inputString += inputStdin;
});
 
process.stdin.on('end', function() {
    inputString = inputString.split('\n');
    main();
});
 
function readline() {
    return inputString[currentLine++];
}
 
 
// main function .... code start ... ///
function main() {
 
    //var input = readline()
    var T = Number(readline());
    
    var s = readline();
    var m = s.replace(/(.)\1+/g, "$1")
    console.log(m.length);
    
}