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.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Numerics;
using static System.Math;

namespace CompetitionPrograming2
{
    public sealed class Program : BaseProgram
    {
        public static void Main(string[] _) { using (var sc = new SetConsole()) { Solve(); } }
        public static void Solve()
        {
            var n = GetNumber<int>();
            var s = GetString();

            var lookedFromEastCount = new int[n];
            lookedFromEastCount[0] = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
            {
                lookedFromEastCount[i] = lookedFromEastCount[i - 1];
                if (s[i - 1] == 'E')
                {
                    lookedFromEastCount[i]++;
                }
            }

            var lookedFromWestCount = new int[n];
            lookedFromWestCount[n - 1] = 0;
            for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--)
            {
                lookedFromWestCount[i] = lookedFromWestCount[i + 1];
                if (s[i + 1] == 'W')
                {
                    lookedFromWestCount[i]++;
                }
            }

            Write(n - lookedFromEastCount.Zip(lookedFromWestCount, (e, w) => e + w).Max() - 1);
        }
    }
    public abstract class BaseProgram
    {
        protected readonly static long divisor = 1000000007;
        protected static int SafeInf(int margin = 1) => int.MaxValue - Abs(margin);
        protected static void Write(object obj) => Console.WriteLine(obj);
        protected static string GetString()
        {
            var str = Console.ReadLine();
            if (str == null) { throw new NullReferenceException("標準入力がnullです Solveメソッド内の解答コードが間違っています"); }
            return str;
        }
        protected static T GetNumber<T>() where T : IComparable, IComparable<T>, IConvertible, IEquatable<T>, IFormattable
        {
            var str = GetString();
            var t = typeof(T);
            try
            {
                if ((t == typeof(byte)))
                {
                    return (T)(object)str.ToByte();
                }
                else if (t == typeof(int))
                {
                    return (T)(object)str.ToInt();
                }
                else if (t == typeof(long))
                {
                    return (T)(object)str.ToLong();
                }
                else if (t == typeof(double))
                {
                    return (T)(object)str.ToDouble();
                }
                else if (t == typeof(decimal))
                {
                    return (T)(object)str.ToDecimal();
                }
                else if (t == typeof(BigInteger))
                {
                    return (T)(object)str.ToBigInteger();
                }
            }
            catch (OverflowException)
            {
                throw new OverflowException("より大きい数値型を指定してください");
            }
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        }
        protected static T[] GetArray<T>() where T : IComparable, IComparable<T>, IConvertible, IEquatable<T>, IFormattable
        {
            return GetString().ToArray<T>();
        }
        protected static TResult[] GetArray<TResult>(Func<string, TResult> selector)
        {
            return (TResult[])(object)GetString().Split().Select(selector).ToArray();
        }
        protected static void Swap<T>(ref T item1, ref T item2)
        {
            var tmp = item1;
            item1 = item2;
            item2 = tmp;
        }
        protected sealed class SetConsole : IDisposable
        {
            readonly StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput());
            public SetConsole()
            {
                sw.AutoFlush = false;
                Console.SetOut(sw);
            }
            public void Dispose()
            {
                Console.Out.Flush();
                sw.AutoFlush = true;
                Console.SetOut(sw);
            }
        }
    }
    public static class ExtentionsLibrary
    {
        public static T[,] CopyArray<T>(this T[,] array)
        {
            var firstDimentionLength = array.GetLength(0);
            var secondDimentionLength = array.GetLength(1);
            var newDArray = new T[firstDimentionLength, secondDimentionLength];
            Array.Copy(array, newDArray, firstDimentionLength * secondDimentionLength);
            return newDArray;
        }
        public static T[] ToArray<T>(this string str) where T : IComparable, IComparable<T>, IConvertible, IEquatable<T>, IFormattable
        {
            if (typeof(T) == typeof(string)) { return (T[])(object)str.Split(); }

            return str.ConvertEnumerator<T>().ToArray();
        }
        public static IEnumerable<T> ConvertEnumerator<T>(this string str) where T : IComparable, IComparable<T>, IConvertible, IEquatable<T>, IFormattable
        {
            try
            {
                var t = typeof(T);
                if (t == typeof(byte))
                {
                    return (IEnumerable<T>)str.Split().Select(byte.Parse);
                }
                if (t == typeof(int))
                {
                    return (IEnumerable<T>)str.Split().Select(int.Parse);
                }
                if (t == typeof(long))
                {
                    return (IEnumerable<T>)str.Split().Select(long.Parse);
                }
                if (t == typeof(double))
                {
                    return (IEnumerable<T>)str.Split().Select(double.Parse);
                }
                if (t == typeof(decimal))
                {
                    return (IEnumerable<T>)str.Split().Select(decimal.Parse);
                }
                if (t == typeof(BigInteger))
                {
                    return (IEnumerable<T>)str.Split().Select(BigInteger.Parse);
                }
            }
            catch (OverflowException)
            {
                throw new OverflowException("より大きい数値型を指定してください");
            }
            throw new NotSupportedException();
        }
        public static byte ToByte(this string str) => byte.Parse(str);
        public static byte ToByte(this char chr) => byte.Parse(chr.ToString());
        public static int ToInt(this string str) => int.Parse(str);
        public static int ToInt(this char chr) => int.Parse(chr.ToString());
        public static long ToLong(this string str) => long.Parse(str);
        public static double ToDouble(this string str) => double.Parse(str);
        public static decimal ToDecimal(this string str) => decimal.Parse(str);
        public static BigInteger ToBigInteger(this string str) => BigInteger.Parse(str);
        public static DateTime ToDateTime(this string str) => DateTime.Parse(str);
        public static string StringJoin(this object[] array, string separator = "") => string.Join(separator, array);
        public static string StringJoin<T>(this IEnumerable<T> collection, string separator = "") => string.Join(separator, collection.Select(c => c.ToString()));
        public static int LowerBound<T>(this IReadOnlyList<T> a, T v) => LowerBound(a, v, Comparer<T>.Default);
        public static int LowerBound<T>(this IReadOnlyList<T> a, T v, Comparer<T> cmp)
        {
            var l = 0;
            var r = a.Count - 1;
            while (l <= r)
            {
                var mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
                var result = cmp.Compare(a[mid], v);
                if (result == -1)
                {
                    l = mid + 1;
                }
                else
                {
                    r = mid - 1;
                }
            }
            return l;
        }
        public static int UpperBound<T>(this IReadOnlyList<T> a, T v) => UpperBound(a, v, Comparer<T>.Default);
        public static int UpperBound<T>(this IReadOnlyList<T> a, T v, Comparer<T> cmp)
        {
            var l = 0;
            var r = a.Count - 1;
            while (l <= r)
            {
                var mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
                var res = cmp.Compare(a[mid], v);
                if (res <= 0) l = mid + 1;
                else r = mid - 1;
            }
            return l;
        }
    }
    public sealed class Settings
    {
        public enum Priority : byte
        {
            Smaller = 0,
            Larger = 1
        }
    }
}