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 Go (1.6) (judge verdict: Accepted)

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"math"
	"os"
	"reflect"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	// "regexp"
)

/* sort */
type pair struct {
	index  int64
	p1, p2 interface{}
}
type pairs []pair

func (slice pairs) Len() int {
	return len(slice)
}

func (slice pairs) Less(i, j int) bool {
	return slice[i].index < slice[j].index
}

func (slice pairs) Swap(i, j int) {
	slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i]
}

/* sort */
type Int64Slice []int64

func (slice Int64Slice) Len() int {
	return len(slice)
}

func (slice Int64Slice) Less(i, j int) bool {
	return slice[i] < slice[j]
}

func (slice Int64Slice) Swap(i, j int) {
	slice[i], slice[j] = slice[j], slice[i]
}
func Int64s(a []int64)                    { sort.Sort(Int64Slice(a)) }
func Int64sSliceAreSorted(a []int64) bool { return sort.IsSorted(Int64Slice(a)) }

const (
	initialBufSize = 1e4
	maxBufSize     = 1e8
	INF            = 1e8
)

var (
	scanner = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
	writer  = bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
	di      = []int64{-1, 0, 1, 0}
	dj      = []int64{0, -1, 0, 1}
	di8     = []int64{-1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1}
	dj8     = []int64{0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1}
)

func main() {
	buf := make([]byte, initialBufSize)
	scanner.Buffer(buf, maxBufSize)
	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
	N, S := readInt(), readStrings()
	Ws, Es := make([]int64, N+1), make([]int64, N+1)
	Ws[0], Es[0] = 0, 0
	for i := 0; i < len(S); i++ {
		Ws[i+1] += Ws[i]
		Es[i+1] += Es[i]
		if S[i] == "W" {
			Ws[i+1]++
		}
		if S[i] == "E" {
			Es[i+1]++
		}
	}
	// // リーダを全部試す
	// for i := int64(0); i < N+1; i++ {
	// 	// 左部分のW,Eの総和, 右部分のW,Eの総和を計算して, 向く数の最小値を求める

	// 	//left, right
	// 	// for left
	// 	leftw := Ws[i] - Ws[0]
	// 	//lefte := Es[i] - Es[0]
	// 	// for right
	// 	//rightw := Ws[len(Ws)-1] - Ws[i]
	// 	righte := Es[len(Es)-1] - Es[i]

	// 	ans = min(ans, leftw+righte)
	// }

	ans := int64(INF)
	// 上は想定解ではなく、リーダー自身の向きも考慮してしまっている
	for i := 0; i < len(S); i++ {
		leftw := Ws[i] - Ws[0]
		righte := Es[len(Es)-1] - Es[i]

		if S[i] == "E" {
			righte--
		}
		ans = min(ans, leftw+righte)
	}
	fmt.Println(ans)
}

/*==========================================
 *             Library
 *==========================================*/
func NextPermutation(x sort.Interface) bool {
	n := x.Len() - 1
	if n < 1 {
		return false
	}
	j := n - 1
	for ; !x.Less(j, j+1); j-- {
		if j == 0 {
			return false
		}
	}
	l := n
	for !x.Less(j, l) {
		l--
	}
	x.Swap(j, l)
	for k, l := j+1, n; k < l; {
		x.Swap(k, l)
		k++
		l--
	}
	return true
}
func doubleAry(h int64, w int64, init int64) (res [][]int64) {
	res = make([][]int64, h)
	for i := int64(0); i < h; i++ {
		res[i] = make([]int64, w)
		for j := int64(0); j < w; j++ {
			res[i][j] = init
		}
	}
	return
}

func aryEq(a []int64, b []int64) bool {
	return reflect.DeepEqual(a, b)
}

func clone(n []int64) (r []int64) {
	r = make([]int64, len(n))
	for i := 0; i < len(n); i++ {
		r[i] = n[i]
	}
	return
}
func write(s string) {
	writer.WriteString(s)
}

func print() {
	writer.Flush()
}

// scanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords) をコメントアウトしないと使用不可
func readLine() (s string) {
	if scanner.Scan() {
		s = scanner.Text()
	}
	return s
}

func readInt() (read int64) {
	scanner.Scan()
	read, err := strconv.ParseInt(scanner.Text(), 10, 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return
}

func readFloat() (read float64) {
	scanner.Scan()
	read, err := strconv.ParseFloat(scanner.Text(), 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return
}

func readRunes() (read []rune) {
	scanner.Scan()
	for _, v := range scanner.Text() {
		read = append(read, v)
	}
	return
}

func readString() (read string) {
	scanner.Scan()
	read = scanner.Text()
	return
}

func readStrings() (read []string) {
	scanner.Scan()
	for _, v := range scanner.Text() {
		read = append(read, string(v))
	}
	return
}

func s2i(s string) int64 {
	var intVal, e = strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, 64)
	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}
	return intVal
}

func i2s(i int64) string {
	var strVal = strconv.FormatInt(i, 10)
	return strVal
}

func s2f(s string) float64 {
	var floatVal, e = strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64)
	if e != nil {
		panic(e)
	}
	return floatVal
}

func abs(i int64) int64 {
	return int64(math.Abs(float64(i)))
}

func max(a ...int64) int64 {
	ans := int64(0)
	for i, v := range a {
		if i == 0 {
			ans = v
		}
		if ans < v {
			ans = v
		}
	}
	return ans
}
func min(a ...int64) int64 {
	ans := int64(0)
	for i, v := range a {
		if i == 0 {
			ans = v
		}
		if ans > v {
			ans = v
		}
	}
	return ans
}

func sum(i []int64) int64 {
	sum := int64(0)
	for _, val := range i {
		sum += val
	}
	return sum
}

func split(s string) []string {
	return strings.Fields(s)
}

func strAry2intAry(strs []string) []int64 {
	var ret = make([]int64, 0, len(strs))
	for _, str := range strs {
		var intVal = s2i(str)
		ret = append(ret, intVal)
	}
	return ret
}

func intAry2strAry(nums []int64) []string {
	var ret = make([]string, 0, len(nums))
	for _, num := range nums {
		var strVal = i2s(num)
		ret = append(ret, strVal)
	}
	return ret
}

func ary2str(strs []string) string {
	return strings.Join(strs, " ")
}

func reverse(res []int64) []int64 {
	for i, j := 0, len(res)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
		res[i], res[j] = res[j], res[i]
	}
	return res
}
func reverseStr(res []string) []string {
	for i, j := 0, len(res)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
		res[i], res[j] = res[j], res[i]
	}
	return res
}

func ini(res []int, init int) {
	if len(res) == 0 {
		return
	}
	res[0] = init
	for i := 0; i < len(res); i++ {
		copy(res[i:], res[:i])
	}
}

//
// func regexpExample() {
//     // Your code here!
//     var str = "13:20"
//     r := regexp.MustCompile(`(\d+):(\d+)`)
//     fmt.Println(r.FindStringSubmatch(str))
// }

// type Country struct {
//     gold int
//     silver int
//     blonze int
// }

// // 複数ソートのサンプル
// func stableSortExample() []Country{
//     var country = []Country {
//         {gold:1, silver:2, blonze:3},
//         {gold:1, silver:2, blonze:3},
//         {gold:1, silver:3, blonze:2},
//         {gold:1, silver:3, blonze:3},
//     }
//     sort.SliceStable(country, func(i, j int) bool { return country[i].blonze > country[j].blonze })
//     sort.SliceStable(country, func(i, j int) bool { return country[i].silver > country[j].silver })
//     sort.SliceStable(country, func(i, j int) bool { return country[i].gold > country[j].gold })
//     return country
// }