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 Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

pub trait Readable {
    #[doc = " Output type."]
    #[doc = ""]
    #[doc = " In most cases, `Output` should be `Self`."]
    #[doc = " This type field exists for implementing 1-origin to 0-origin conversion"]
    #[doc = " by `usize_` etc."]
    type Output;
    #[doc = " Returns how many words are read."]
    fn words_count() -> usize;
    #[doc = " Converts words into `Output`s."]
    #[doc = ""]
    #[doc = " If the conversion fails, returns `Err` with error message."]
    #[doc = ""]
    #[doc = " # Panics"]
    #[doc = ""]
    #[doc = " If `words.len()` differs from `words_count()`,"]
    #[doc = " the method may panic."]
    fn read_words(words: &[&str]) -> Result<Self::Output, String>;
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! readable {
    ( $ t : ty , |$ words : ident | $ read_words : expr ) => {
        readable!($t, 1, |$words| $read_words);
    };
    ( $ t : ty , $ words_count : expr , |$ words : ident | $ read_words : expr ) => {
        impl Readable for $t {
            type Output = $t;
            fn words_count() -> usize {
                $words_count
            }
            fn read_words($words: &[&str]) -> Result<$t, String> {
                Ok($read_words)
            }
        }
    };
}
readable!((), |_ss| ());
readable!(String, |ss| ss[0].to_string());
macro_rules ! impl_readable_for_ints { ( $ ( $ t : ty ) * ) => { $ ( impl Readable for $ t { type Output = Self ; fn words_count ( ) -> usize { 1 } fn read_words ( words : & [ & str ] ) -> Result <$ t , String > { use std :: str :: FromStr ; <$ t >:: from_str ( words [ 0 ] ) . map_err ( | _ | { format ! ( "cannot parse \"{}\" as {}" , words [ 0 ] , stringify ! ( $ t ) ) } ) } } ) * } ; }
impl_readable_for_ints ! ( i8 u8 i16 u16 i32 u32 i64 u64 isize usize f32 f64 ) ;
macro_rules ! define_one_origin_int_types { ( $ new_t : ident $ int_t : ty ) => { # [ doc = " Converts 1-origin integer into 0-origin when read from stdin." ] # [ doc = "" ] # [ doc = " # Example" ] # [ doc = "" ] # [ doc = " ```no_run" ] # [ doc = " # #[macro_use] extern crate atcoder_snippets;" ] # [ doc = " # use atcoder_snippets::read::*;" ] # [ doc = " // Stdin: \"1\"" ] # [ doc = " read!(a = usize_);" ] # [ doc = " assert_eq!(a, 0);" ] # [ doc = " ```" ] # [ allow ( non_camel_case_types ) ] pub struct $ new_t ( ) ; impl Readable for $ new_t { type Output = $ int_t ; fn words_count ( ) -> usize { 1 } fn read_words ( words : & [ & str ] ) -> Result < Self :: Output , String > { <$ int_t >:: read_words ( words ) . map ( | n | n - 1 ) } } } ; ( $ new_t : ident $ int_t : ty ; $ ( $ inner_new_t : ident $ inner_int_t : ty ) ;* ) => { define_one_origin_int_types ! ( $ new_t $ int_t ) ; define_one_origin_int_types ! ( $ ( $ inner_new_t $ inner_int_t ) ;* ) ; } ; }
define_one_origin_int_types ! ( u8_ u8 ; u16_ u16 ; u32_ u32 ; u64_ u64 ; usize_ usize ) ;
macro_rules ! impl_readable_for_tuples { ( $ t : ident $ var : ident ) => ( ) ; ( $ t : ident $ var : ident ; $ ( $ inner_t : ident $ inner_var : ident ) ;* ) => { impl_readable_for_tuples ! ( $ ( $ inner_t $ inner_var ) ;* ) ; impl <$ t : Readable , $ ( $ inner_t : Readable ) ,*> Readable for ( $ t , $ ( $ inner_t ) ,* ) { type Output = ( <$ t >:: Output , $ ( <$ inner_t >:: Output ) ,* ) ; fn words_count ( ) -> usize { let mut n = <$ t >:: words_count ( ) ; $ ( n += <$ inner_t >:: words_count ( ) ; ) * n } # [ allow ( unused_assignments ) ] fn read_words ( words : & [ & str ] ) -> Result < Self :: Output , String > { let mut start = 0 ; let $ var = <$ t >:: read_words ( & words [ start .. start +<$ t >:: words_count ( ) ] ) ?; start += <$ t >:: words_count ( ) ; $ ( let $ inner_var = <$ inner_t >:: read_words ( & words [ start .. start +<$ inner_t >:: words_count ( ) ] ) ?; start += <$ inner_t >:: words_count ( ) ; ) * Ok ( ( $ var , $ ( $ inner_var ) ,* ) ) } } } ; }
impl_readable_for_tuples ! ( T4 x4 ; T3 x3 ; T2 x2 ; T1 x1 ) ;
pub trait ReadableFromLine {
    type Output;
    fn read_line(line: &str) -> Result<Self::Output, String>;
}
fn split_into_words(line: &str) -> Vec<&str> {
    #[allow(deprecated)]
    line.trim_right_matches('\n').split_whitespace().collect()
}
impl<T: Readable> ReadableFromLine for T {
    type Output = T::Output;
    fn read_line(line: &str) -> Result<T::Output, String> {
        let words = split_into_words(line);
        if words.len() != T::words_count() {
            return Err(format!(
                "line \"{}\" has {} words, expected {}",
                line,
                words.len(),
                T::words_count()
            ));
        }
        T::read_words(&words)
    }
}
impl<T: Readable> ReadableFromLine for Vec<T> {
    type Output = Vec<T::Output>;
    fn read_line(line: &str) -> Result<Self::Output, String> {
        let n = T::words_count();
        let words = split_into_words(line);
        if words.len() % n != 0 {
            return Err(format!(
                "line \"{}\" has {} words, expected multiple of {}",
                line,
                words.len(),
                n
            ));
        }
        let mut result = Vec::new();
        for chunk in words.chunks(n) {
            match T::read_words(chunk) {
                Ok(v) => result.push(v),
                Err(msg) => {
                    let flagment_msg = if n == 1 {
                        format!("word {}", result.len())
                    } else {
                        let l = result.len();
                        format!("words {}-{}", n * l + 1, (n + 1) * l)
                    };
                    return Err(format!("{} of line \"{}\": {}", flagment_msg, line, msg));
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(result)
    }
}
impl<T: Readable, U: Readable> ReadableFromLine for (T, Vec<U>) {
    type Output = (T::Output, <Vec<U> as ReadableFromLine>::Output);
    fn read_line(line: &str) -> Result<Self::Output, String> {
        let n = T::words_count();
        #[allow(deprecated)]
        let trimmed = line.trim_right_matches('\n');
        let words_and_rest: Vec<&str> = trimmed.splitn(n + 1, ' ').collect();
        if words_and_rest.len() < n {
            return Err(format!(
                "line \"{}\" has {} words, expected at least {}",
                line,
                words_and_rest.len(),
                n
            ));
        }
        let words = &words_and_rest[..n];
        let empty_str = "";
        let rest = words_and_rest.get(n).unwrap_or(&empty_str);
        Ok((T::read_words(words)?, Vec::<U>::read_line(rest)?))
    }
}
macro_rules ! impl_readable_from_line_for_tuples_with_vec { ( $ t : ident $ var : ident ) => ( ) ; ( $ t : ident $ var : ident ; $ ( $ inner_t : ident $ inner_var : ident ) ;+ ) => { impl_readable_from_line_for_tuples_with_vec ! ( $ ( $ inner_t $ inner_var ) ;+ ) ; impl <$ t : Readable , $ ( $ inner_t : Readable ) ,+ , U : Readable > ReadableFromLine for ( $ t , $ ( $ inner_t ) ,+ , Vec < U > ) { type Output = ( $ t :: Output , $ ( $ inner_t :: Output ) ,+ , Vec < U :: Output > ) ; fn read_line ( line : & str ) -> Result < Self :: Output , String > { let mut n = $ t :: words_count ( ) ; $ ( n += $ inner_t :: words_count ( ) ; ) + # [ allow ( deprecated ) ] let trimmed = line . trim_right_matches ( '\n' ) ; let words_and_rest : Vec <& str > = trimmed . splitn ( n + 1 , ' ' ) . collect ( ) ; if words_and_rest . len ( ) < n { return Err ( format ! ( "line \"{}\" has {} words, expected at least {}" , line , words_and_rest . len ( ) , n ) ) ; } let words = & words_and_rest [ .. n ] ; let empty_str = "" ; let rest = words_and_rest . get ( n ) . unwrap_or ( & empty_str ) ; let ( $ var , $ ( $ inner_var ) ,* ) = < ( $ t , $ ( $ inner_t ) ,+ ) >:: read_words ( words ) ?; Ok ( ( $ var , $ ( $ inner_var ) ,* , Vec ::< U >:: read_line ( rest ) ? ) ) } } } ; }
impl_readable_from_line_for_tuples_with_vec ! ( T4 t4 ; T3 t3 ; T2 t2 ; T1 t1 ) ;
pub fn read<T: ReadableFromLine>() -> T::Output {
    let mut line = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
    T::read_line(&line).unwrap()
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! read { ( ) => { let mut line = String :: new ( ) ; std :: io :: stdin ( ) . read_line ( & mut line ) . unwrap ( ) ; } ; ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) => { let $ pat = read ::<$ t > ( ) ; } ; ( $ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,+ ) => { read ! ( ( $ ( $ pat ) ,* ) = ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) ) ; } ; }
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! readls { ( $ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,+ ) => { $ ( read ! ( $ pat = $ t ) ; ) * } ; }
pub fn readx<T: ReadableFromLine>() -> Vec<T::Output> {
    use std::io::{self, BufRead};
    let stdin = io::stdin();
    let result = stdin
        .lock()
        .lines()
        .map(|line_result| {
            let line = line_result.expect("read from stdin failed");
            T::read_line(&line).unwrap()
        }).collect();
    result
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! readx_loop { ( |$ pat : pat = $ t : ty | $ body : expr ) => { use std :: io :: BufRead ; let stdin = std :: io :: stdin ( ) ; for line in stdin . lock ( ) . lines ( ) { let line = line . expect ( "read from stdin failed" ) ; let $ pat = <$ t >:: read_line ( & line ) . unwrap ( ) ; $ body } } ; ( |$ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,*| $ body : expr ) => { readx_loop ! ( | ( $ ( $ pat ) ,* ) = ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) | $ body ) ; } ; }
pub fn readn<T: ReadableFromLine>(n: usize) -> Vec<T::Output> {
    use std::io::{self, BufRead};
    let stdin = io::stdin();
    let result: Vec<T::Output> = stdin
        .lock()
        .lines()
        .take(n)
        .map(|line_result| {
            let line = line_result.expect("read from stdin failed");
            T::read_line(&line).unwrap()
        }).collect();
    if result.len() < n {
        panic!(
            "expected reading {} lines, but only {} lines are read",
            n,
            result.len()
        );
    }
    result
}
#[macro_export]
macro_rules ! readn_loop { ( $ n : expr , |$ pat : pat = $ t : ty | $ body : expr ) => { use std :: io :: BufRead ; let stdin = std :: io :: stdin ( ) ; { let mut lock = stdin . lock ( ) ; for _ in 0 ..$ n { let mut line = String :: new ( ) ; lock . read_line ( & mut line ) . expect ( "read from stdin failed" ) ; let $ pat = <$ t >:: read_line ( & line ) . unwrap ( ) ; $ body } } } ; ( $ n : expr , |$ ( $ pat : pat = $ t : ty ) ,*| $ body : expr ) => { readn_loop ! ( $ n , | ( $ ( $ pat ) ,* ) = ( $ ( $ t ) ,* ) | $ body ) ; } ; }
pub trait Words {
    fn read<T: Readable>(&self) -> T::Output;
}
impl<'a> Words for [&'a str] {
    fn read<T: Readable>(&self) -> T::Output {
        T::read_words(self).unwrap()
    }
}
impl<'a> Words for &'a str {
    fn read<T: Readable>(&self) -> T::Output {
        T::read_words(&[self]).unwrap()
    }
}

#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct StepBy<I> {
    iter: I,
    step: usize,
    first_take: bool,
}
impl<I: Iterator> Iterator for StepBy<I> {
    type Item = I::Item;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
        if self.first_take {
            self.first_take = false;
            self.iter.next()
        } else {
            self.iter.nth(self.step)
        }
    }
}
#[derive(Clone)]
pub struct LScan<I: Iterator, S: Clone, F: FnMut(&S, I::Item) -> S> {
    iter: I,
    state: Option<S>,
    f: F,
}
impl<I: Iterator, S: Clone, F> Iterator for LScan<I, S, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&S, I::Item) -> S,
{
    type Item = S;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<S> {
        if self.state.is_none() {
            return None;
        }
        let state_inner = self.state.take().unwrap();
        if let Some(item) = self.iter.next() {
            self.state = Some((self.f)(&state_inner, item));
        }
        Some(state_inner)
    }
}
pub struct Flatten<I: Iterator>
where
    I::Item: IntoIterator,
{
    outer_iter: I,
    inner_iter: Option<<<I as Iterator>::Item as IntoIterator>::IntoIter>,
}
impl<I, J> Iterator for Flatten<I>
where
    I: Iterator<Item = J>,
    J: IntoIterator,
{
    type Item = <<J as IntoIterator>::IntoIter as Iterator>::Item;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<J::Item> {
        loop {
            if let Some(inner_iter) = self.inner_iter.as_mut() {
                if let item @ Some(_) = inner_iter.next() {
                    return item;
                }
            }
            match self.outer_iter.next() {
                None => return None,
                Some(inner) => self.inner_iter = Some(inner.into_iter()),
            }
        }
    }
}
pub struct GroupBy<K: Eq, I: Iterator, F: FnMut(&I::Item) -> K> {
    cur: Option<(I::Item, K)>,
    iter: I,
    key_fn: F,
}
impl<K: Eq, I: Iterator, F: FnMut(&I::Item) -> K> Iterator for GroupBy<K, I, F> {
    type Item = Vec<I::Item>;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Vec<I::Item>> {
        let cur = self.cur.take();
        cur.map(|(item, key)| {
            let mut group = vec![item];
            loop {
                let next = self.iter.next();
                match next {
                    Some(next_item) => {
                        let next_key = (self.key_fn)(&next_item);
                        if key == next_key {
                            group.push(next_item);
                        } else {
                            self.cur = Some((next_item, next_key));
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    None => {
                        self.cur = None;
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
            group
        })
    }
}
use std::fmt;
pub trait RichIterator: Iterator {
    fn step_by_(self, step: usize) -> StepBy<Self>
    where
        Self: Sized,
    {
        assert_ne!(step, 0);
        StepBy {
            iter: self,
            step: step - 1,
            first_take: true,
        }
    }
    fn for_each<F: FnMut(Self::Item)>(self, mut f: F)
    where
        Self: Sized,
    {
        for item in self {
            f(item);
        }
    }
    fn lscan<S: Clone, F>(self, state: S, f: F) -> LScan<Self, S, F>
    where
        Self: Sized,
        F: FnMut(&S, Self::Item) -> S,
    {
        LScan {
            iter: self,
            state: Some(state),
            f: f,
        }
    }
    fn get_unique(mut self) -> Option<Self::Item>
    where
        Self: Sized,
        Self::Item: Eq,
    {
        let first_opt = self.next();
        first_opt.and_then(|first| {
            if self.all(|item| item == first) {
                Some(first)
            } else {
                None
            }
        })
    }
    fn flatten(mut self) -> Flatten<Self>
    where
        Self: Sized,
        Self::Item: IntoIterator,
    {
        let inner_opt = self.next();
        Flatten {
            outer_iter: self,
            inner_iter: inner_opt.map(|inner| inner.into_iter()),
        }
    }
    #[doc = " `f`\u{306b}\u{3088}\u{3063}\u{3066}\u{30b0}\u{30eb}\u{30fc}\u{30d7}\u{5206}\u{3051}\u{3055}\u{308c}\u{305f}`Vec`\u{3092}\u{751f}\u{6210}\u{3059}\u{308b}\u{30a4}\u{30c6}\u{30ec}\u{30fc}\u{30bf}\u{3092}\u{8fd4}\u{3059}"]
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = " SQL\u{306e}group_by\u{3067}\u{306f}\u{306a}\u{304f}\u{3001}Python\u{306e}itertool\u{3084}Rust\u{306e}itertool\u{3068}\u{540c}\u{3058}\u{610f}\u{5473}\u{8ad6}\u{3067}\u{3042}\u{308b}"]
    fn group_by<K: Eq, F: FnMut(&Self::Item) -> K>(mut self, mut f: F) -> GroupBy<K, Self, F>
    where
        Self: Sized,
    {
        let next = self.next();
        GroupBy {
            cur: next.map(|item| {
                let key = f(&item);
                (item, key)
            }),
            iter: self,
            key_fn: f,
        }
    }
    fn join(mut self, sep: &str) -> String
    where
        Self: Sized,
        Self::Item: fmt::Display,
    {
        let mut result = String::new();
        if let Some(first) = self.next() {
            result.push_str(&format!("{}", first));
        }
        for s in self {
            result.push_str(&format!("{}{}", sep, s));
        }
        result
    }
    fn cat(self) -> String
    where
        Self: Sized,
        Self::Item: fmt::Display,
    {
        self.join("")
    }
}
impl<I: Iterator> RichIterator for I {}
pub struct Unfold<T, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&T) -> Option<T>,
{
    state: Option<T>,
    f: F,
}
impl<T, F> Iterator for Unfold<T, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&T) -> Option<T>,
{
    type Item = T;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
        if self.state.is_none() {
            return None;
        }
        let state_inner = self.state.take().unwrap();
        self.state = (self.f)(&state_inner);
        Some(state_inner)
    }
}
pub fn unfold<T, F>(init: T, f: F) -> Unfold<T, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&T) -> Option<T>,
{
    Unfold {
        state: Some(init),
        f: f,
    }
}
pub struct Iterate<T, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&T) -> T,
{
    state: T,
    f: F,
}
impl<T, F> Iterator for Iterate<T, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&T) -> T,
{
    type Item = T;
    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<T> {
        use std::mem::swap;
        let mut state = (self.f)(&self.state);
        swap(&mut state, &mut self.state);
        Some(state)
    }
}
pub fn iterate<T, F>(init: T, f: F) -> Iterate<T, F>
where
    F: FnMut(&T) -> T,
{
    Iterate { state: init, f: f }
}


fn main() {
    read!();
    let aa = read::<Vec<u16>>();
    let ans: usize = aa.into_iter().group_by(|&x| x).map(|group| group.len() / 2).sum();
    println!("{}", ans);
}