using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var N = sc.ReadInt();
        var S = sc.ReadStr();
        var before = '_';
        var ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            if (S[i] != before)
            {
                ans++;
            }
            before = S[i];
        }
        Console.WriteLine(ans);
    }
    static int MOD = (int)1e9 + 7;
    static int INF = (int)1e7 + 1;
    static long LINF = (long)1e13 + 1;
    static Scanner sc = new Scanner();
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] S = new string[0];
    int Index = 0;
    char[] Separators = new char[] { ' ' };

    public string Next()
    {
        if (this.Index < this.S.Length) return this.S[this.Index++];
        var line = "";
        while (line == "") line = Console.ReadLine();
        this.S = line.Split(this.Separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        if (this.S.Length == 0) return this.Next();
        this.Index = 0;
        return this.S[this.Index++];
    }
    public string ReadStr()
    {
        return this.Next();
    }
    public char ReadChar()
    {
        return this.Next()[0];
    }
    public int ReadInt()
    {
        return int.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public uint ReadUInt()
    {
        return uint.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public long ReadLong()
    {
        return long.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public double ReadDouble()
    {
        return double.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public int[] ReadIntArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadInt();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public long[] ReadLongArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadLong();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public double[] ReadDoubleArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new double[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadDouble();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public char[] ReadCharArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new char[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadChar();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public string[] ReadStrArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new string[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadStr();
        }
        return array;
    }
}

class Debug
{
    public static void Dump<T>(T[,] array)
    {
#if !DEBUG
        return;
#endif
        Console.WriteLine();
        var h = array.GetLength(0);
        var w = array.GetLength(1);

        for (int r = 0; r < h; r++)
        {
            for (int c = 0; c < w; c++)
            {
                Console.Write(array[r, c]);
                Console.Write(" ");
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
    public static void Dump<T>(T[] array)
    {
#if !DEBUG
        return;
#endif
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", array));
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 11988