Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

There are N people standing in a row from west to east.
Each person is facing east or west.
The directions of the people is given as a string S of length N.
The i-th person from the west is facing east if S_i = E, and west if S_i = W.

You will appoint one of the N people as the leader, then command the rest of them to face in the direction of the leader.
Here, we do not care which direction the leader is facing.

The people in the row hate to change their directions, so you would like to select the leader so that the number of people who have to change their directions is minimized.
Find the minimum number of people who have to change their directions.

Constraints

2 \leq N \leq 3 \times 10^5

|S| = N

S_i is E or W.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
S

Output

Print the minimum number of people who have to change their directions.

Sample Input 1

5
WEEWW

Sample Output 1

1

Assume that we appoint the third person from the west as the leader.
Then, the first person from the west needs to face east and has to turn around.
The other people do not need to change their directions, so the number of people who have to change their directions is 1 in this case.
It is not possible to have 0 people who have to change their directions, so the answer is 1.

Sample Input 2

12
WEWEWEEEWWWE

Sample Output 2

4

Sample Input 3

8
WWWWWEEE

Sample Output 3

3

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using System.Text;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;

//using CS_Contest.Graph;
using CS_Contest.Loop;
using CS_Contest.Utils;
using static Nakov.IO.Cin;
using static CS_Contest.IO.IO;
using static CS_Contest.Utils.MyMath;


namespace CS_Contest {
	using Li = List<int>;
	using LLi = List<List<int>>;
	using Ll = List<long>;
	using ti3 = Tuple<int, int, int>;
	using ti2 = Tuple<int, int>;
	internal class Program {
		private static void Main(string[] args) {
			var sw = new StreamWriter(OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
			SetOut(sw);
			new Calc().Solve();
			Out.Flush();
		}

	    public class Calc
	    {
	        public void Solve() {
                // ABC098 C

	            int N = NextInt();
	            var S = ReadLine();

	            var W = new int[N];
	            var E = new int[N];

                S.ForeachWith((i, c) =>
                {
                    if (c == 'W') {
                        W[i]++;
                    }
                    else {
                        E[i]++;
                    }
                });

	            for (int i = 0; i < N-1; i++) {
	                W[i + 1] += W[i];
	                E[i + 1] += E[i];
                }

	            var ans = int.MaxValue;


                for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
	                var item = S[i] == 'E';
	                var next = 0;
                    //西むかないといけない人
	                next += E[N - 1] - (E[Max(0,i-1)])-(item?1:0);

                    //東むかいないといけないひと
                    next += W[i] - (!item ? 1 : 0);

                    if (next<0) continue;

	                ans = Min(ans, next);
	            }

                ans.WL();
                return;
	        }

	        

        }
    }
}
namespace Nakov.IO {
	using System;
	using System.Text;
	using System.Globalization;

	public static class Cin {
		public static string NextToken() {
			StringBuilder tokenChars = new StringBuilder();
			bool tokenFinished = false;
			bool skipWhiteSpaceMode = true;
			while (!tokenFinished) {
				int nextChar = Console.Read();
				if (nextChar == -1) {
					tokenFinished = true;
				} else {
					char ch = (char)nextChar;
					if (char.IsWhiteSpace(ch)) {
						if (!skipWhiteSpaceMode) {
							tokenFinished = true;
							if (ch == '\r' && (Environment.NewLine == "\r\n")) {
								Console.Read();
							}
						}
					} else {
						skipWhiteSpaceMode = false;
						tokenChars.Append(ch);
					}
				}
			}

			string token = tokenChars.ToString();
			return token;
		}

		public static int NextInt() {
			string token = Cin.NextToken();
			return int.Parse(token);
		}
		public static long NextLong() {
			string token = Cin.NextToken();
			return long.Parse(token);
		}
		public static double NextDouble(bool acceptAnyDecimalSeparator = true) {
			string token = Cin.NextToken();
			if (acceptAnyDecimalSeparator) {
				token = token.Replace(',', '.');
				double result = double.Parse(token, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
				return result;
			} else {
				double result = double.Parse(token);
				return result;
			}
		}
		public static decimal NextDecimal(bool acceptAnyDecimalSeparator = true) {
			string token = Cin.NextToken();
			if (acceptAnyDecimalSeparator) {
				token = token.Replace(',', '.');
				decimal result = decimal.Parse(token, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
				return result;
			} else {
				decimal result = decimal.Parse(token);
				return result;
			}
		}

	}
}

namespace CS_Contest.Loop {
	[DebuggerStepThrough]
	public static class Loop {
		public static void REP(this int n, Action<int> act) {
			for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				act(i);
			}
		}

		public static void ForeachWith<T>(this IEnumerable<T> ie, Action<int, T> act) {
			var i = 0;
			foreach (var item in ie) {
				act(i, item);
				i++;
			}
		}

		public static void Foreach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> ie, Action<T> act) {
			foreach (var item in ie) {
				act(item);
			}
		}

	}

	public class Generate
	{
	    public static IEnumerable<int> Seq(int e) => Seq(0, e, 1);
		public static IEnumerable<int> Seq(int s, int e) => Seq(s, e, 1);
		public static IEnumerable<int> Seq(int s, int e, int a) {
			while (s != e) {
				yield return s;
				s += a;
			}
		}
		public static List<T> Repeat<T>(Func<int, T> result, int range) =>
			Enumerable.Range(0, range).Select(result).ToList();
	}
}

namespace CS_Contest.IO {
	using Li = List<int>;
	using Ll = List<long>;

	public static class IO {
		public static void WL(this object obj) => WriteLine(obj);
		public static void WL(this string obj) => WriteLine(obj);
		public static void WL<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list) => list.ToList().ForEach(x => x.WL());

		public static Li NextIntList() => ReadLine().Split().Select(int.Parse).ToList();
		public static Li NextIntList(int n) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, n).Select(x => ReadLine()).Select(int.Parse).ToList();
		public static Ll NextLongList() => ReadLine().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToList();

		public static T Tee<T>(this T t, Func<T, string> formatter = null) {
			if (formatter == null) formatter = arg => arg.ToString();
			formatter(t).WL();
			return t;
		}
		public static void JoinWL<T>(this IEnumerable<T> @this, string sp = " ") => @this.StringJoin(sp).WL();
		public static void W(this object @this) => Write(@this);

	    public static T[,] GetBox<T>(int h, int w, Func<int, int, T> getFunc) {
	        var rt = new T[h, w];
	        for (int i = 0; i < h; i++) {
	            for (int j = 0; j < w; j++) {
	                rt[i, j] = getFunc(i, j);
	            }
	        }

	        return rt;
	    }

	}


}

namespace CS_Contest.Utils {
	using Li = List<int>;
	using Ll = List<long>;
	[DebuggerStepThrough]
	public static class Utils {
	    public static bool AnyOf<T>(this T @this, params T[] these) where T:IComparable {
	        return these.Contains(@this);
	    }

		public static bool Within(int x, int y, int lx, int ly) => !(x < 0 || x >= lx || y < 0 || y >= ly);

		public static void Add<T1, T2>(this List<Tuple<T1, T2>> list, T1 t1, T2 t2) => list.Add(new Tuple<T1, T2>(t1, t2));

		public static string StringJoin<T>(this IEnumerable<T> l, string separator = "") => string.Join(separator, l);

		public static Queue<T> ToQueue<T>(this IEnumerable<T> iEnumerable) {
			var rt = new Queue<T>();
			foreach (var item in iEnumerable) {
				rt.Enqueue(item);
			}
			return rt;
		}
		public static void Swap<T>(ref T x, ref T y) {
			var tmp = x;
			x = y;
			y = tmp;
		}

	    public static List<Tuple<TKey, TValue>> ToTupleList<TKey, TValue>(this Map<TKey, TValue> @this) =>
	        @this.Select(x => Tuple.Create(x.Key, x.Value)).ToList();


		public static Map<TKey, int> CountUp<TKey>(this IEnumerable<TKey> l) {
			var dic = new Map<TKey, int>();
			foreach (var item in l) {
			    dic[item]++;
			}
			return dic;
		}
		public static int Count<T>(this IEnumerable<T> l, T target) => l.Count(x => x.Equals(target));

		public static IEnumerable<T> SkipAt<T>(this IEnumerable<T> @this, int at) {
			var enumerable = @this as T[] ?? @this.ToArray();
			for (var i = 0; i < enumerable.Count(); i++) {
				if (i == at) continue;
				yield return enumerable.ElementAt(i);
			}
		}
	    public static int LowerBound<T>(this List<T> @this, T x) where T : IComparable
	    {
            int lb = -1, ub = @this.Count;
	        while (ub - lb > 1)
	        {
	            int mid = (ub + lb) >> 1;
	            if (@this[mid].CompareTo(x) >= 0) ub = mid;
	            else lb = mid;
	        }
	        return ub;
	    }
	    public static int UpperBound<T>(this List<T> @this, T x) where T : IComparable
	    {
	        int lb = -1, ub = @this.Count;
	        while (ub - lb > 1)
	        {
	            int mid = (ub + lb) >> 1;
	            if (@this[mid].CompareTo(x) > 0) ub = mid;
	            else lb = mid;
	        }
	        return ub;
	    }
    }

	public class Map<TKey, TValue> : Dictionary<TKey, TValue> {
		public Map() : base() { }
		public Map(int capacity) : base(capacity) { }

		public new TValue this[TKey index] {
			get {
				TValue v;
				return this.TryGetValue(index, out v) ? v : base[index] = default(TValue);
			}
			set { base[index] = value; }
		}
	}

	public static class MyMath {
		
		public static T EMin<T>(params T[] a) where T : IComparable<T> => a.Min();
		public static T EMax<T>(params T[] a) where T : IComparable<T> => a.Max();

	}


}