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 Scala (2.11.7) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io._
import java.util.StringTokenizer

import scala.collection.mutable
import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
import scala.reflect.ClassTag

object Main {
  val MOD = 1000000007
  val out = new PrintWriter(System.out)

  def solve(): Unit = {
    val sc = new InputReader(System.in)
    val N = sc.nextInt()

    def step(i: Int, cnt: Int, pre: Option[Int]): Int = {
      if (i == N) cnt
      else {
        val a = sc.nextInt()
        pre match {
          case None => step(i + 1, cnt, Some(a))
          case Some(b) if a == b => step(i + 1, cnt + 1, None)
          case Some(b) if a != b => step(i + 1, cnt, Some(a))
        }
      }
    }

    val ans = step(0, 0, None)

    out.println(ans)
  }


  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    solve()
    out.flush()
  }


  class InputReader(val stream: InputStream) {
    private val reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768)
    private var tokenizer: StringTokenizer = null

    def next(): String = {
      while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens)
        tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine)
      tokenizer.nextToken
    }

    def nextInt(): Int = next().toInt
    def nextLong(): Long = next().toLong
    def nextChar(): Char = next().charAt(0)
  }
  def rep(n: Int)(f: Int => Unit): Unit = {
    var i = 0
    while(i < n) { f(i); i += 1 }
  }
  def rep_r(n: Int)(f: Int => Unit): Unit = {
    var i = n - 1
    while(i >= 0) { f(i); i -= 1 }
  }

  def map[@specialized A: ClassTag](n: Int)(f: Int => A): Array[A] = {
    val res = Array.ofDim[A](n)
    rep(n)(i => res(i) = f(i))
    res
  }

  implicit class ArrayOpts[A](val as: Array[A]) extends AnyVal {
    // todo Orderingだとboxing発生するので自作Orderを用意したい
    def maxByOpt[B: Ordering](f: A => B): Option[A] = {
      if (as.nonEmpty) Some(as.maxBy(f)) else None
    }

    def grpBy[K](f: A => K): mutable.Map[K, ArrayBuffer[A]] = {
      val map = mutable.Map.empty[K, ArrayBuffer[A]]
      rep(as.length)(i => map.getOrElseUpdate(f(as(i)), ArrayBuffer()) += as(i))
      map
    }

    def sumBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit num: Numeric[B]): B = {
      var sum = num.zero
      rep(as.length)(i => sum = num.plus(sum, f(as(i))))
      sum
    }

    def minByEx[B](f: A => B, ixRange: Range = as.indices)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): (A, B) = {
      limit(f, ixRange)(cmp.lt)
    }

    def maxByEx[B](f: A => B, ixRange: Range = as.indices)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): (A, B) = {
      limit(f, ixRange)(cmp.gt)
    }

    private def limit[B](f: A => B, ixRange: Range)(cmp: (B, B) => Boolean): (A, B) = {
      var limA = as(ixRange.head)
      var limB = f(limA)

      for (i <- ixRange.tail) {
        val a = as(i)
        val b = f(a)
        if (cmp(b, limB)) {
          limA = a
          limB = b
        }
      }
      (limA, limB)
    }
  }

  implicit class IterableOpts[A](val as: Iterable[A]) extends AnyVal {
    def sumBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit num: Numeric[B]): B = {
      as.foldLeft(num.zero)((acc, a) => num.plus(acc, f(a)))
    }
  }
}