Problem:
Score : 200 points

Problem Statement

Takahashi lives in another world. There are slimes (creatures) of 10000 colors in this world. Let us call these colors Color 1, 2, ..., 10000.

Takahashi has N slimes, and they are standing in a row from left to right. The color of the i-th slime from the left is a_i.
If two slimes of the same color are adjacent, they will start to combine themselves. Because Takahashi likes smaller slimes, he has decided to change the colors of some of the slimes with his magic.

Takahashi can change the color of one slime to any of the 10000 colors by one spell.
How many spells are required so that no slimes will start to combine themselves?

Constraints

2 \leq N \leq 100

1 \leq a_i \leq N

All values in input are integers.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
a_1 a_2 ... a_N

Output

Print the minimum number of spells required.

Sample Input 1

5
1 1 2 2 2

Sample Output 1

2

For example, if we change the color of the second slime from the left to 4, and the color of the fourth slime to 5, the colors of the slimes will be 1, 4, 2, 5, 2, which satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 2

3
1 2 1

Sample Output 2

0

Although the colors of the first and third slimes are the same, they are not adjacent, so no spell is required.

Sample Input 3

5
1 1 1 1 1

Sample Output 3

2

For example, if we change the colors of the second and fourth slimes from the left to 2, the colors of the slimes will be 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, which satisfy the condition.

Sample Input 4

14
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 3 4

Sample Output 4

4

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

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Numerics;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using static System.Math;
using static Math2;
using static io;
using static Utils;



public class CompetitiveProgramming
{

  public void Solve()
  {
    var N = Int1;
    var a = Ints;
    int ans = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
    {
      int j = i;
      int cnt = 0;
      while (j < N && a[i] == a[j])
      {
        ++j;
        ++cnt;
      }
      ans += cnt / 2;
      i = j - 1;
    }
    Put(ans);
  }
}

public static class Math2
{
  public const int INF = 1 << 29;
  public const long INFL = 1L << 60;
  public const long MOD = 1000000007;
  public const int MOD2 = 998244353;

  public static long Power(long a, long b, long MOD = 1000000007)//i^N
  {
    long res = 1;
    while (b > 0)
    {
      if ((b & 1) != 0) res = res * a % MOD;
      a = a * a % MOD;
      b >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
  }
  public static long Power2(long a, long b)//i^N
  {
    long res = 1;
    while (b > 0)
    {
      if ((b & 1) != 0) res = res * a;
      a = a * a;
      b >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
  }
  public static long GCD(long a, long b)
  {
    while (b > 0)
    {
      var r = a % b;
      a = b;
      b = r;
    }
    return a;
  }
  public static long LCM(long a, long b) => (b / GCD(a, b)) * a;
  public static long Comb(long n, long r, int MOD = 1000000007)
  {
    if (r > n - r) r = n - r;
    long Nume = 1;
    long Deno = 1;

    if (r > n - r) r = n - r;
    for (long i = 1; i <= r; ++i)
    {
      Deno = (Deno * i) % MOD;
      Nume = Nume * (n - i + 1) % MOD;
    }
    return (Nume * inv(Deno)) % MOD;
  }
  public static long Comb2(long n, long r)
  {
    long Nume = 1;
    long Deno = 1;

    if (r > n - r) r = n - r;
    for (long i = 1; i <= r; ++i)
    {
      Deno *= i;
      Nume *= n - i + 1;
    }
    return Nume / Deno;
  }
  public static long inv(long x, int MOD = 1000000007)
  {
    return Power(x, MOD - 2, MOD);
  }
}
public static class Utils
{

  public static void Swap<T>(ref T A, ref T B)
  {
    T x = A;
    A = B;
    B = x;
  }
  public static int DigitSum(int N)
  {
    string s = N.ToString();
    int ret = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; ++i) ret += s[i] - '0';
    return ret;
  }
  public static string ConvertBase(long N, int K)
  {
    StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();
    while (N > 0)
    {
      var r = N % K;
      N /= K;
      ret.Append(r);
    }
    return new string(ret.ToString().ToCharArray().Reverse().ToArray());
  }
}
class Program
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    var CompetitiveProgramming = new CompetitiveProgramming();
    CompetitiveProgramming.Solve();
  }
}
public static class io
{
  public static string Str => Console.ReadLine();
  public static string[] Strs => Str.Split(' ');
  public static long[] Longs => Strs.Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
  public static int[] Ints => Strs.Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
  public static char[] Chars => Str.ToArray();
  public static double[] Doubles => Strs.Select(double.Parse).ToArray();
  public static long Long1 => Longs[0];
  public static int Int1 => Ints[0];
  public static char Char1 => Chars[0];
  public static double Double1 => Doubles[0];
  public static long[] VerticalRead(int N) { long[] A = new long[N]; for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i) A[i] = Long1; return A; }
  public static void Put(string a) => Console.WriteLine(a);
  public static void Put(params object[] i) => Put(string.Join(" ", i));
  public static void Put<T>(IEnumerable<T> a) => Put(string.Join(" ", a));
  public static void VerticalPut<T>(IEnumerable<T> a) { foreach (var z in a) Put(z); }
  public static void YN(bool i) { if (i) Put("Yes"); else Put("No"); }
}