import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import static java.lang.Math.max;


public class Main implements Runnable{

    // SOLUTION!!!
    // HACK ME PLEASE IF YOU CAN!!!
    // PLEASE!!!
    // PLEASE!!!
    // PLEASE!!!

    private final static boolean FIRST_INPUT_STRING = false;
    private final static boolean MULTIPLE_TESTS = true;
    private final boolean ONLINE_JUDGE = !new File("input.txt").exists();

    private final static int MAX_STACK_SIZE = 128;

    private final static boolean OPTIMIZE_READ_NUMBERS = true;

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private final static Random rnd = new Random();
    private final static String fileName = "";
    
    private static long MODULO = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 + 7;
    
    private void solve() {
        int n = readInt();
        int[] a = readIntArray(n);

        long answer = 0;

        for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
            if (a[i] == a[i - 1]) {
                ++answer;
                a[i] = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
            }
        }

        out.println(answer);
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private static long add(long a, long b) { return (a + b) % MODULO; }
    private static long subtract(long a, long b) { return add(a, MODULO - b) % MODULO; }
    private static long mult(long a, long b) { return (a * b) % MODULO; }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    public void run(){
        try{
            timeInit();
            Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);

            init();

            if (ONLINE_JUDGE) {
                solve();
            } else {
                do {
                    try {
                        timeInit();
                        solve();
                        time();

                        out.println();
                        out.flush();
                    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                        break;
                    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                        if (FIRST_INPUT_STRING) break;
                        else throw e;
                    }
                } while (MULTIPLE_TESTS);
            }

            out.close();
            time();
        }catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace(System.err);
            System.exit(-1);
        }
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private BufferedReader in;
    private OutputWriter out;
    private StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer("");

    public static void main(String[] args){
        new Thread(null, new Main(), "", MAX_STACK_SIZE * (1L << 20)).start();
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private void init() throws FileNotFoundException{
        Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);

        if (ONLINE_JUDGE){
            if (fileName.isEmpty()) {
                in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
                out = new OutputWriter(System.out);
            } else {
                in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileName + ".in"));
                out = new OutputWriter(fileName + ".out");
            }
        }else{
            in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("input.txt"));
            out = new OutputWriter("output.txt");
        }
    }

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private long timeBegin;

    private void timeInit() {
        this.timeBegin = System.currentTimeMillis();
    }

    private void time(){
        long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis();
        System.err.println("Time = " + (timeEnd - timeBegin));
    }

    private void debug(Object... objects){
        if (ONLINE_JUDGE){
            for (Object o: objects){
                System.err.println(o.toString());
            }
        }
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private String delim = " ";

    private String readLine() {
        try {
            return in.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeIOException(e);
        }
    }

    private String readString() {
        try {
            while(!tok.hasMoreTokens()){
                tok = new StringTokenizer(readLine(), delim);
            }

            return tok.nextToken(delim);
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private final char NOT_A_SYMBOL = '\0';

    private char readChar() {
        try {
            int intValue = in.read();

            if (intValue == -1){
                return NOT_A_SYMBOL;
            }

            return (char) intValue;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeIOException(e);
        }
    }

    private char[] readCharArray() {
        return readLine().toCharArray();
    }

    private char[][] readCharField(int rowsCount) {
        char[][] field = new char[rowsCount][];
        for (int row = 0; row < rowsCount; ++row) {
            field[row] = readCharArray();
        }

        return field;
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private long optimizedReadLong() {
        int sign = 1;
        long result = 0;
        boolean started = false;
        while (true) {
            try {
                int j = in.read();
                if (-1 == j) {
                    if (started) return sign * result;
                    throw new NumberFormatException();
                }

                if (j == '-') {
                    if (started) throw new NumberFormatException();
                    sign = -sign;
                }

                if ('0' <= j && j <= '9') {
                    result = result * 10 + j - '0';
                    started = true;
                } else if (started) {
                    return sign * result;
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                throw new RuntimeIOException(e);
            }
        }
    }

    int readInt() {

        if (!OPTIMIZE_READ_NUMBERS) {
            return Integer.parseInt(readString());
        } else {
            return (int) optimizedReadLong();
        }
    }

    private int[] readIntArray(int size) {
        int[] array = new int[size];

        for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index){
            array[index] = readInt();
        }

        return array;
    }

    private int[] readSortedIntArray(int size) {
        Integer[] array = new Integer[size];

        for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index) {
            array[index] = readInt();
        }
        Arrays.sort(array);

        int[] sortedArray = new int[size];
        for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index) {
            sortedArray[index] = array[index];
        }

        return sortedArray;
    }

    private int[] readIntArrayWithDecrease(int size) {
        int[] array = readIntArray(size);

        for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
            array[i]--;
        }

        return array;
    }

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private int[][] readIntMatrix(int rowsCount, int columnsCount) {
        int[][] matrix = new int[rowsCount][];

        for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < rowsCount; ++rowIndex) {
            matrix[rowIndex] = readIntArray(columnsCount);
        }

        return matrix;
    }

    private int[][] readIntMatrixWithDecrease(int rowsCount, int columnsCount) {
        int[][] matrix = new int[rowsCount][];

        for (int rowIndex = 0; rowIndex < rowsCount; ++rowIndex) {
            matrix[rowIndex] = readIntArrayWithDecrease(columnsCount);
        }

        return matrix;
    }

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private long readLong() {
        if (!OPTIMIZE_READ_NUMBERS) {
            return Long.parseLong(readString());
        } else {
            return optimizedReadLong();
        }
    }

    private long[] readLongArray(int size) {
        long[] array = new long[size];

        for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index){
            array[index] = readLong();
        }

        return array;
    }

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private double readDouble() {
        return Double.parseDouble(readString());
    }

    private double[] readDoubleArray(int size) {
        double[] array = new double[size];

        for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index){
            array[index] = readDouble();
        }

        return array;
    }

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private BigInteger readBigInteger() {
        return new BigInteger(readString());
    }

    private BigDecimal readBigDecimal() {
        return new BigDecimal(readString());
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private Point readPoint() {
        int x = readInt();
        int y = readInt();
        return new Point(x, y);
    }

    private Point[] readPointArray(int size) {
        Point[] array = new Point[size];

        for (int index = 0; index < size; ++index){
            array[index] = readPoint();
        }

        return array;
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private static class OutputWriter extends PrintWriter {

        final int DEFAULT_PRECISION = 12;

        private int precision;
        private String format, formatWithSpace;

        {
            precision = DEFAULT_PRECISION;

            format = createFormat(precision);
            formatWithSpace = format + " ";
        }

        OutputWriter(OutputStream out) {
            super(out);
        }

        OutputWriter(String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
            super(fileName);
        }

        int getPrecision() {
            return precision;
        }

        void setPrecision(int precision) {
            precision = max(0, precision);
            this.precision = precision;

            format = createFormat(precision);
            formatWithSpace = format + " ";
        }

        String createFormat(int precision){
            return "%." + precision + "f";
        }

        @Override
        public void print(double d){
            printf(format, d);
        }
        
        @Override
        public void println(double d){
            print(d);
            println();
        }

        void printWithSpace(double d){
            printf(formatWithSpace, d);
        }

        void printAll(double...d){
            for (int i = 0; i < d.length - 1; ++i){
                printWithSpace(d[i]);
            }

            print(d[d.length - 1]);
        }

        void printlnAll(double... d){
            printAll(d);
            println();
        }
        
        void printAll(int... array) {
        	for (int value : array) {
        		print(value + " ");
        	}
        }
        
        void printlnAll(int... array) {
        	printAll(array);
        	println();
        }
        
        void printAll(long... array) {
        	for (long value : array) {
        		print(value + " ");
        	}
        }
        
        void printlnAll(long... array) {
        	printAll(array);
        	println();
        }
    }

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

    private static class RuntimeIOException extends RuntimeException {

        /**
         *
         */
        private static final long serialVersionUID = -6463830523020118289L;

        RuntimeIOException(Throwable cause) {
            super(cause);
        }
    }


}

Measured memory_bytes: 23636