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.Linq;
using System.Text;

// using System.Numerics;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Diagnostics;
using ll=System.Int64;
using static Contest_C.Lib_IO;
using static Contest_C.Lib_Minifunc;



public static class Contest_C
{

	public static void Main() {
		checked{
			long n;
			Lib_IO.rm(out n);
			string s;
			rm(out s);

			ll[] s1 = new ll[n+1];
			ll[] s2 = new ll[n+2];
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			{
				s1[i+1] = s1[i] + (s[i]=='W'?1:0);
			}
			for (int i = (int)n-1; 0<=i; i--)
			{
				s2[i+1] = s2[i+2] + (s[i]=='E'?1:0);
			}


			long ans = n;
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
			{
				chmin(ref ans, s1[i]+s2[i+2]);
			}			


			Lib_IO.wm(ans);
		}
	}



















#region BaseModule


public static class Lib_Minifunc{
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static void swap1<T>(ref T a, ref T b) { T t = a; a = b; b = t; }
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static void swap2<T>(ref T a, ref T b) where T : IComparable { if (a.CompareTo(b)==1) swap1(ref a, ref b); }  // b の方が小さければ交換
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static bool chmin<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable { if (a.CompareTo(b)== 1) { a = b; return true; } return false; }  // b の方が小さければ a を更新
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static bool chmax<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable { if (a.CompareTo(b)==-1) { a = b; return true; } return false; }  // b の方が大きければ a を更新
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static bool inside(long i, long n) => (0<=i&&i<n);
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static bool inside(long x, long y, long w, long h) => (inside(x,w)&&inside(y,h));
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static T min<T>(params T[] a) where T : IComparable => a.Min();
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static T max<T>(params T[] a) where T : IComparable => a.Max();
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static long mod(long a, long m=MOD1) { var v = a%m; return (v<0?v+m:v); }
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static long ceiling(long a, long b) => (a%b==0?a/b:a/b+1);	// 整数商の切り上げ
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static P<T,U> initp<T,U>(T a,U b) => new P<T,U>(a,b);
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static P<T,U,V> initp<T,U,V>(T a,U b,V c) => new P<T,U,V>(a,b,c);
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static P<T,U,V,W> initp<T,U,V,W>(T a,U b,V c,W d) => new P<T,U,V,W>(a,b,c,d);
	[MethodImpl(256)] public static bool initd<T,U>(Dictionary<T,U> d, T k) { if(d.ContainsKey(k)) { return false; } else { d[k] = default(U); return true; } }
	public static T[] inita<T>(long len1) where T : new() { var m = new T[len1]; for (int i=0;i<m.Length;i++) m[i] = new T(); return m; }
	public static T[][] initm<T>(long len1,long len2,T val) where T : struct { var m = new T[len1][]; for (int i=0;i<m.Length;i++) m[i] = Enumerable.Repeat(val,(int)len2).ToArray(); return m; }
	public static T[][][] initm<T>(long len1,long len2,long len3,T val) where T : struct { var m = new T[len1][][]; for (int i=0;i<m.Length;i++) m[i] = initm(len2,len3,val); return m; }
	public const long MOD1 = 1000000007; // 10^9+7
	public const double EPS1 = 1e-8;
	public const long INF1 = 1000000000000000;  // 10^15
}

public struct P<T,U>
{
	public T A; public U B;
	public P(T a,U b) { A = a; B = b; }
	public static implicit operator KeyValuePair<T,U>(P<T,U> a) => new KeyValuePair<T,U>(a.A,a.B);
	public static implicit operator P<T,U>(KeyValuePair<T,U> a) => new P<T,U>(a.Key,a.Value);
}
public struct P<T,U,V>
{
	public T A; public U B; public V C;
	public P(T a,U b,V c) { A = a; B = b; C = c; }
}
public struct P<T,U,V,W>
{
	public T A; public U B; public V C; public W D;
	public P(T a,U b,V c,W d) { A = a; B = b; C = c; D = d; }
}

public static class Lib_IO
{
	class Prt : System.IO.StreamWriter
	{
		public override IFormatProvider FormatProvider { get { return System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; } }
		public Prt(System.IO.Stream s) : base(s,new UTF8Encoding(false,true)) {}
		public Prt(System.IO.Stream s,Encoding e) : base(s,e) {}
	}
	static Prt sw = new Prt(Console.OpenStandardOutput());
	static char[] sp = new char[] {' '};
	[MethodImpl(256)] static bool eq<T,U>() => typeof(T).Equals(typeof(U));
	[MethodImpl(256)] static T ct<T,U>(U a) => (T)Convert.ChangeType(a,typeof(T));
	[MethodImpl(256)] static T cv<T>(string s) =>
		eq<T,int>()	? ct<T,int>(int.Parse(s))
	  : eq<T,long>()   ? ct<T,long>(long.Parse(s))
	  : eq<T,double>() ? ct<T,double>(double.Parse(s,System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
	  : eq<T,char>()   ? ct<T,char>(s[0])
					   : ct<T,string>(s);
	public static string[] rm<T>(out T a) {
		var z = Console.ReadLine().Split(sp,StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); 
		a = cv<T>(z[0]);
		return z;
	}
	public static string[] rm<T,U>(out T a,out U b) {
		var z = rm<T>(out a); 
		b = cv<U>(z[1]);
		return z;
	}
	public static string[] rm<T,U,V>(out T a,out U b,out V c) {
		var z = rm<T,U>(out a,out b); 
		c = cv<V>(z[2]);
		return z;
	}
	public static string[] rm<T,U,V,W>(out T a,out U b,out V c,out W d) {
		var z = rm<T,U,V>(out a,out b,out c); 
		d = cv<W>(z[3]);
		return z;
	}
	public static string[] rm<T,U,V,W,X>(out T a,out U b,out V c,out W d,out X e) {
		var z = rm<T,U,V,W>(out a,out b,out c,out d); 
		e = cv<X>(z[4]);
		return z;
	}
	public static string[] rm<T,U,V,W,X,Y>(out T a,out U b,out V c,out W d,out X e,out Y f) {
		var z = rm<T,U,V,W,X>(out a,out b,out c,out d,out e); 
		f = cv<Y>(z[5]);
		return z;
	}
	public static string[] ra<T>(out T[] a) {		
		var z = Console.ReadLine().Split(sp,StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
		a = z.Select(cv<T>).ToArray();
		return z;
	}
	public static string[][] rl<T>(long n,out T[] a) {
		a = new T[n];
		var y = new string[n][];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) y[i] = rm(out a[i]);
		return y;
	}
	public static string[][] rl<T,U>(long n,out P<T,U>[] a) {
		a = new P<T,U>[n];
		var y = new string[n][];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
			T o; U p;
			y[i] = rm(out o,out p);
			a[i] = new P<T,U>(o,p);
		}
		return y;
	}
	public static string[][] rl<T,U,V>(long n,out P<T,U,V>[] a) {
		a = new P<T,U,V>[n];
		var y = new string[n][];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
			T o; U p; V q;
			y[i] = rm(out o,out p,out q);
			a[i] = new P<T,U,V>(o,p,q);
		}
		return y;
	}
	public static string[][] rl<T,U,V,W>(long n,out P<T,U,V,W>[] a) {
		a = new P<T,U,V,W>[n];
		var y = new string[n][];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) {
			T o; U p; V q; W r;
			y[i] = rm(out o,out p,out q,out r);
			a[i] = new P<T,U,V,W>(o,p,q,r);
		}
		return y;
	}
	public static string[][] rx<T>(long n,out T[][] a) {
		a = new T[n][];
		var y = new string[n][];
		for(int i=0;i<n;i++) y[i] = ra(out a[i]);
		return y;
	}

	static void wwp(Action act){
		sw.AutoFlush = false;
		Console.SetOut(sw);
		act();
		Console.Out.Flush();
		sw.AutoFlush = true;
		Console.SetOut(sw);
	}
	[MethodImpl(256)] static string wfm(Type t) =>t.Equals(typeof(double)) ? "{0:F10}" : "{0}";
	public static void wm(params object[] a) {
		wwp(()=>{
			for(int i=0;i<a.Length-1;i++) Console.Write(wfm(a[i].GetType())+" ",a[i]);
			Console.WriteLine(wfm(a[a.Length-1].GetType()),a[a.Length-1]);
		});
	}
	public static void wa<T>(IList<T> a) { wxa(new IList<T>[]{a}, " "); }
	public static void wl<T>(IList<T> a) {
		wwp(()=>{
			var f = wfm(typeof(T));
			foreach(T x in a) Console.WriteLine(f,x);
		});
	}
	static void wxa<T>(IList<IList<T>> a, string s) {
		wwp(()=>{
			var f = wfm(typeof(T));
			var g = f + s;
			foreach(var b in a) {
				for(int i=0;i<b.Count-1;i++) Console.Write(g,b[i]);
				Console.WriteLine(f,b[b.Count-1]);
			}
		});
	}
	public static void wx<T>(IList<IList<T>> a) { wxa(a, " "); }
	public static void wg<T>(IList<IList<T>> a) { wxa(a, ""); }
}

#endregion



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