#include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n;
cin>>n;
string m;
cin>>m;
int len=m.size();
int counter=0;
for(int i=0;i<len-1;i++){
if(m[i]==m[i+1]) counter++;
}
cout<<counter;
return 0;
}