import java.io.*;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.*;

@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public class Main {
    private FastScanner in = new FastScanner(System.in);
    private PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
    final int MOD = (int)1e9+7;
    long ceil(long a, long b){return (a + b - 1) / b;}

    void solve() throws Exception{
        String S = in.nextStr();
        int N = S.length();
        long K = in.nextInt();
        char[] s = S.toCharArray();
        long cnt = 0;

        for(int j = 0; j < N-1; j++){
            if(s[j] == s[j+1]){
                cnt++;
                s[j+1] = '#';
            }
        }

        if(s[0] != s[N-1]){
            cnt = cnt * K;
            out.println(cnt);
        }else{
            long cnt2 = 0;
            s = S.toCharArray();
            cnt2++;
            s[0] = '#';
            for(int j = 0; j < N-1; j++){
                if(s[j] == s[j+1]){
                    cnt2++;
                    s[j+1] = '#';
                }
            }

            long ans = 0;
            if(s[N-1] == '#'){
                long num1 = K / 2, num0 = K - K / 2;
                ans = num1 * cnt2 + num0 * cnt;
            }else{
                ans = cnt + cnt2 * (K - 1);
            }
            out.println(ans);
        }
    }

    //end solve

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

    private void m() throws Exception {
        solve();
        out.flush();
    }

    static class FastScanner {
        Reader input;

        FastScanner() {this(System.in);}
        FastScanner(InputStream stream) {this.input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));}

        int nextInt() {return (int) nextLong();}

        long nextLong() {
            try {
                int sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                long ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) return ret * sign;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return -1;
            }
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            try {
                double sign = 1;
                int b = input.read();
                while ((b < '0' || '9' < b) && b != '-' && b != '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                if (b == '-') {
                    sign = -1;
                    b = input.read();
                } else if (b == '+') {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                double ret = b - '0';
                while (true) {
                    b = input.read();
                    if (b < '0' || '9' < b) break;
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                }
                if (b != '.') return sign * ret;
                double div = 1;
                b = input.read();
                while ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    ret *= 10;
                    ret += b - '0';
                    div *= 10;
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sign * ret / div;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return Double.NaN;
            }
        }

        char nextChar() {
            try {
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return (char) b;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return 0;
            }
        }

        String nextStr() {
            try {
                StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                int b = input.read();
                while (Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    b = input.read();
                }
                while (b != -1 && !Character.isWhitespace(b)) {
                    sb.append((char) b);
                    b = input.read();
                }
                return sb.toString();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            }
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public int[] nextIntArrayDec(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextInt() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray1Index(int n) {
            int[] res = new int[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextInt();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArrayDec(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArray1Index(int n) {
            long[] res = new long[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public double[] nextDoubleArray(int n) {
            double[] res = new double[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextDouble();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public Long[] nextWrapperLongArray(int n) {
            Long[] res = new Long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }

        public Long[] nextWrapperLongArrayDec(int n) {
            Long[] res = new Long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i] = nextLong() - 1;
            }
            return res;
        }

        public Long[] nextWrapperLongArray1Index(int n) {
            Long[] res = new Long[n + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                res[i + 1] = nextLong();
            }
            return res;
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 22612