atcoder#AGC039A. [AGC039A] Connection and Disconnection
[AGC039A] Connection and Disconnection
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Problem Statement
Given is a string . Let be the concatenation of copies of . We can repeatedly perform the following operation: choose a character in and replace it with a different character. Find the minimum number of operations required to satisfy the following condition: any two adjacent characters in are different.
Constraints
- consists of lowercase English letters.
- is an integer.
Input
Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:
Output
Print the minimum number of operations required.
issii
2
4
is issiiissii
. For example, we can rewrite it into ispiqisyhi
, and now any two adjacent characters are different.
qq
81
81
cooooooooonteeeeeeeeeest
999993333
8999939997