Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

Two foxes Jiro and Saburo are playing a game called 1D Reversi. This game is played on a board, using black and white stones. On the board, stones are placed in a row, and each player places a new stone to either end of the row. Similarly to the original game of Reversi, when a white stone is placed, all black stones between the new white stone and another white stone, turn into white stones, and vice versa.

In the middle of a game, something came up and Saburo has to leave the game. The state of the board at this point is described by a string S. There are |S| (the length of S) stones on the board, and each character in S represents the color of the i-th (1 ≦ i ≦ |S|) stone from the left. If the i-th character in S is B, it means that the color of the corresponding stone on the board is black. Similarly, if the i-th character in S is W, it means that the color of the corresponding stone is white.

Jiro wants all stones on the board to be of the same color. For this purpose, he will place new stones on the board according to the rules. Find the minimum number of new stones that he needs to place.

Constraints

1 ≦ |S| ≦ 10^5

Each character in S is B or W.

Input

The input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

S

Output

Print the minimum number of new stones that Jiro needs to place for his purpose.

Sample Input 1

BBBWW

Sample Output 1

1

By placing a new black stone to the right end of the row of stones, all white stones will become black. Also, by placing a new white stone to the left end of the row of stones, all black stones will become white.

In either way, Jiro's purpose can be achieved by placing one stone.

Sample Input 2

WWWWWW

Sample Output 2

0

If all stones are already of the same color, no new stone is necessary.

Sample Input 3

WBWBWBWBWB

Sample Output 3

9

Solution in Java (OpenJDK 11.0.6) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class Main{
    final static long INF = Long.MAX_VALUE / 2;
    final static int MOD = 1_000_000_007;
    final static int SIZE = 1_000_000;
    long[] fac = new long[SIZE];
    long[] inv = new long[SIZE];
    long[] finv = new long[SIZE];
    FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main().solve();
    }

    void solve(){

        String s = sc.next();
        int n = s.length();
        char c = s.charAt(0);
        int count = 0;

        for(int i = 1; i < n; i++){
            if(s.charAt(i) != c) count++;
            c = s.charAt(i);
        }

        System.out.println(count);

    }

    long gcd(long a, long b){ // return aとbの最大公約数
        if(b == 0){
          return a;
        }
        return gcd(b, a % b);
    }

    long lcm(long a, long b){ // return aとbの最小公倍数
        return a * b / gcd(a, b);
    }

    long inv(long a){ // return aの逆元 (mod MOD)
        return pow(a, MOD - 2);
    }

    long pow(long a, long r){ // return a^r (mod MOD)
        long sum = 1;
        while(r > 0){
            if((r & 1) == 1){ // 2進数表記で末尾1の時
                sum *= a;
                sum %= MOD;
            }
            a *= a;
            a %= MOD;
            r >>= 1;
        }
        return sum;
    }

    long modFact(long n){ // retur n! (mod MOD)
        if(n == 0){
            return 1;
        }
        return n * modFact(n - 1) % MOD;
    }

    long fact(long n){ // return n!
        if(n == 0){
            return 1;
        }
        return n * fact(n - 1);
    }

    void initCOMB(){
        fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
        inv[1] = 1;
        finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
        for(int i = 2; i < SIZE; i++){
            fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % MOD;
            inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD % i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
            finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;
        }
    }

    long modComb(int n, int r){ // return nCr (先にinitCOMB()必要)
        if(n < r || n < 0 || r < 0) return 0;
        return fac[n] * finv[r] % MOD * finv[n - r] % MOD;
    }

    long comb(long n, long r){ // return nCr
        long num = 1;
        for(long i = 1; i <= r; i++){
            num = num * (n - i + 1) / i;
        }
        return num;
    }

    boolean isPrime(long a){ // aの素数判定
        if(a <= 1) return false;
        for(int i = 2; i * i <= a; i++){
            if(a % i == 0) return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    int lowerBound(long[] a, long v){ // return 配列a内のv以上の要素の内最低の要素のイテレータ
        int r = a.length;
        int l = -1;
        while(r - l > 1){
            int mid = (r + l) / 2;
            if(a[mid] >= v){
                r = mid;
            }else{
                l = mid;
            }
        }
        return r;
    }

    int upperBound(long[] a, long v){ // return 配列a内のvより大きい要素の内最低の要素のイテレータ
        int r = a.length;
        int l = -1;
        while(r - l > 1){
            int mid = (r + l) / 2;
            if(a[mid] > v){
                r = mid;
            }else{
                l = mid;
            }
        }
        return r;
    }

    String nextPermutation(String s){ // return sの次の順列
        ArrayList<Character> list = new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) list.add(s.charAt(i));

        int pivotPos = -1;
        char pivot = 0;
        for(int i = list.size() - 2; i >= 0; i--){
            if(list.get(i) < list.get(i+1)){
    			pivotPos = i;
    			pivot = list.get(i);
    			break;
    		}
    	}

        if(pivotPos == -1 && pivot == 0) return null;

        int L = pivotPos + 1;
        int R = list.size() - 1;
    	int minPos = -1;
    	char min = Character.MAX_VALUE;
    	for(int i = R; i >= L; i--){
    		if(pivot < list.get(i)){
    			if(list.get(i) < min){
    				min = list.get(i);
    				minPos = i;
    			}
    		}
    	}

    	Collections.swap(list, pivotPos, minPos);
    	Collections.sort(list.subList(L, R + 1));

    	StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    	for(int i=0; i<list.size(); i++) sb.append(list.get(i));

    	return sb.toString();
    }

    boolean nextPermutation(long[] a){
        for(int i = a.length - 1; i > 0; i--){
            if(a[i - 1] < a[i]){
                int swapIndex = find(a[i - 1], a, i, a.length - 1);
                long temp = a[swapIndex];
                a[swapIndex] = a[i - 1];
                a[i - 1] = temp;
                Arrays.sort(a, i, a.length);
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    int find(long dest, long[] a, int s, int e){
        if(s == e){
            return s;
        }
        int m = (s + e + 1) / 2;
        return a[m] <= dest ? find(dest, a, s, m - 1) : find(dest, a, m, e);
    }

    void elimination(int[][] a, int[] b) {
        int n = a.length;
        double f;
        for(int k = 0; k < n - 1; k++){
            for(int i = k + 1; i < n; i++){
                f = - a[i][k] / a[k][k];
                for(int j = k + 1; j < n; j++){
                    a[i][j] += f * a[k][j];
                }
                b[i] += f * b[k];
            }
            for(int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--){
                for(int j = i + 1; j < n; j++){
                    b[i] -= a[i][j] * b[j];
                }
                b[i] = b[i] / a[i][i];
            }
        }
    }



    class SegmentTree{

        //------------------------------------------------------------
        // 2 * n - 1 : 木全体のノード数
        // i + n - 1 : 配列のi番目が対応するノードの番号
        // 2 * i + 1, 2 * i + 2 : i番目のノードの子ノードの番号
        // (i - 1) / 2 : i番目のノードの親ノードの番号
        //
        // int n = sc.nextInt();
        // long[] a = new long[n];
        // for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = sc.nextLong();
        // SegmentTree st = new SegmentTree(a);
        // int l = sc.nextInt() - 1;
        // int r = sc.nextInt() - 1;
        // System.out.println(st.query(l, r));
        //------------------------------------------------------------

        final static long INF = Long.MAX_VALUE / 2;

        // long e = INF; // 単位元
        long e = 0;
        long func(long a, long b){ // 処理
            // return Math.min(a, b);
            return a + b;
        }

        int n; // 配列の要素数を超える最小の2のべき乗
        long[] node;

        SegmentTree(long[] a){
            init(a);
        }

        void init(long[] a){ // 配列aで初期化
            n = 1;
            while(n < a.length){
                n *= 2;
            }
            node = new long[2 * n - 1];
            Arrays.fill(node, e);
            for(int i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
                node[i + n - 1] = a[i];
            }
            for(int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--){
                node[i] = func(node[2 * i + 1], node[2 * i + 2]);
            }
        }

        void update(int p, long v){ // 配列のp番目をvに変更し、木全体を更新
            p = p + n - 1;
            node[p] = v;
            while(p > 0){
                p = (p - 1) / 2;
                node[p] = func(node[2 * p + 1], node[2 * p + 2]);
            }
        }

        long query(int a, int b){ // 区間[a, b)についてクエリを処理
            return query(a, b, 0, 0, n);
        }

        long query(int a, int b, int k, int l, int r){
            if(r <= a || b <= l) return e;
            if(a <= l && r <= b) return node[k];
            return func(query(a, b, 2 * k + 1, l, (l + r) / 2), query(a, b, 2 * k + 2, (l + r) / 2, r));
        }

    }



    class UnionFindTree{

        //------------------------------------------------------------
        // int n = sc.nextInt();
        // int q = sc.nextInt();
        // UnionFindTree uft = new UnionFindTree(n);
        // List<String> ans = new ArrayList<>();
        // for(int i = 0; i < q; i++){
        //     int p = sc.nextInt(); // 0 : union, 1 : same
        //     if(p == 0){
        //         int a = sc.nextInt() - 1;
        //         int b = sc.nextInt() - 1;
        //         uft.union(a, b);
        //     }else if(p == 1){
        //         int a = sc.nextInt() - 1;
        //         int b = sc.nextInt() - 1;
        //         if(uft.same(a, b)) ans.add("Yes");
        //         else ans.add("No");
        //     }
        // }
        // for(String s : ans){
        //     System.out.println(s);
        // }
        //------------------------------------------------------------

        int[] parent; // インデックスにとノードを対応させ、そのルートノードのインデックスを格納
        int[] rank; // parentと同様に、木の高さを格納

        UnionFindTree(int size){
            parent = new int[size];
            rank = new int[size];

            for(int i = 0; i < size; i++){
                makeSet(i);
            }
        }

        void makeSet(int i){
            parent[i] = i;
            rank[i] = 0;
        }

        void union(int x, int y){
            int xRoot = find(x);
            int yRoot = find(y);

            if(rank[xRoot] > rank[yRoot]){ // xが属する木の方が大きい場合
                parent[yRoot] = xRoot;
            }else if(rank[xRoot] < rank[yRoot]){
                parent[xRoot] = yRoot; // yの親をxに更新
            }else{
                parent[yRoot] = xRoot;
                rank[xRoot]++; // 同じ高さの木がルートの子として着くから大きさ++;
            }
        }

        int find(int i){ // iの属するルートを返す
            if(i != parent[i]){
                parent[i] = find(parent[i]);
            }
            return parent[i];
        }

        boolean same(int x, int y){ // xとyが同じ木に属しているかを返す
            return find(x) == find(y);
        }

    }



}



class Pair implements Comparable<Pair>{
    long a, b;
    public Pair(long i, long j){
        a = i;
        b = j;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Pair p){
        if(this.b < p.b) return -1;
        else if(this.b > p.b) return 1;
        else return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString(){
        return a + " " + b;
    }
}



class FastScanner {
    private final InputStream in = System.in;
    private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    private int ptr = 0;
    private int buflen = 0;
    private boolean hasNextByte(){
        if(ptr < buflen){
            return true;
        }else{
            ptr = 0;
            try{
                buflen = in.read(buffer);
            }catch(IOException e){
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            if(buflen <= 0){
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
    private int readByte(){
        if(hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++];
        else return -1;
    }
    private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c){
        return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
    }
    public boolean hasNext(){
        while(hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++;
        return hasNextByte();
    }
    public String next(){
        if(!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        int b = readByte();
        while(isPrintableChar(b)){
            sb.appendCodePoint(b);
            b = readByte();
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
    public long nextLong(){
        if(!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
        long n = 0;
        boolean minus = false;
        int b = readByte();
        if(b == '-'){
            minus = true;
            b = readByte();
        }
        if(b < '0' || '9' < b){
            throw new NumberFormatException();
        }
        while(true){
            if('0' <= b && b <= '9'){
                n *= 10;
                n += b - '0';
            }else if(b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)){
                return minus ? -n : n;
            }else{
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            b = readByte();
        }
    }
    public int nextInt(){
        long nl = nextLong();
        if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE) throw new NumberFormatException();
        return (int) nl;
    }
    public double nextDouble(){
        return Double.parseDouble(next());
    }
}