#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
#define ordered_set tree<ll, null_type,less<ll>, rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> 
#define ll long long

#ifdef sarthak
#define trace(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
template <typename Arg1>
void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){
    cout << name << " : " << arg1 << endl;
}
template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>  
void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){
    const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ',');cout.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);
}
int begtime = clock();
#else
#define trace(...)
#endif

#ifndef sarthak
    #pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
    #pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
    // #pragma GCC target ("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
#endif

#define foreach(it,ar) for (auto it = ar.begin(); it != ar.end(); it++)
#define fort(i,v) for(auto i:v)
#define fr(i,a,b) for (ll i = (a), _b = (b); i <= _b; i++)
#define frr(i,a,b) for (ll i = (a), _b = (b); i >= _b; i--)
#define rep(i,n) for (ll i = 0, _n = (n); i < _n; i++)
#define repr(i,n) for (ll i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define fill(ar,val) rep(i,sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ll)) ar[i]=val
#define fill2(ar,val) rep(i,sizeof(ar)/sizeof(ar[0])) rep(j,sizeof(ar[0])/sizeof(ll)) ar[i][j]=val
#define fill0(ar) memset(ar,0,sizeof(ar))
#define debug(x) cout<<#x<<": "<<x<<endl

#define ld long double
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define sd(x) scanf("%d",&x)
#define slld(x) scanf("%lld",&x)
#define sd2(x,y) scanf("%d %d",&x,&y)
#define slld2(x,y) scanf("%lld %lld",&x,&y)
#define pd(x) printf("%d\n",x)
#define plld(x) printf("%lld\n",x)
#define pd2(x,y) printf("%d %d\n",x,y)
#define plld2(x,y) printf("%lld %lld\n",x,y)
#define all(ar) ar.begin(), ar.end()
#define endl '\n'
#define sz(x) (int)x.size()
#define len(x) (int)x.length()

typedef pair<ll, ll> ii;
typedef pair<ii, ll> iii;
typedef vector<ii> vii;
typedef vector<ll> vi;

#define INF 2000000000000000000
#define PI 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679L

mt19937 rng(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
mt19937_64 rngb(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count()); // can give negative values too

void solve()
{
    string s;
    cin >> s;

    ll k;
    cin >> k;

    vector<ll> v;

    ll n = s.length();

    char c = s[0];
    ll num = 0;
    rep(i,n)
    {
        if(s[i]==c)
        {
            num++;
        }
        else
        {
            v.pb(num);
            num = 1;
        }
        c = s[i];
    }

    v.pb(num);

    if(v.size()==1)
    {
        ll ans = k*(n);
        ans = ans/2;
        cout << ans << endl;
        return;
    }

    if(s[0]!=s[n-1])
    {
        ll ans = 0;
        rep(i,v.size())
        {
            ll ans2 = v[i]/2;
            ans = ans + ans2;
        }    
            
        ans = ans*k;
        cout << ans << endl;
    }
    else
    {
        ll ans = 0;
        fr(i,1,v.size()-2)
        {
            ll ans2 = v[i]/2;
            ans = ans + ans2*k;
        }

        ans = ans + v[0]/2;
        ans = ans + v[v.size()-1]/2;

        ll xx = v[0]+v[v.size()-1];
        xx = xx/2;
        xx = xx*(k-1);

        ans = ans + xx;

        cout << ans << endl;
    }
}

int main()
{
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);
    cout << fixed;
    cout << setprecision(10);
    #ifdef sarthak
    freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
    #endif

    ll t = 1;
    // cin >> t;
    while(t--)
    {
        solve();
    }

    #ifdef sarthak
    cerr << "Time elapsed: " << (clock() - begtime)*1000/CLOCKS_PER_SEC << " ms\n\n";
    #endif
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256