#include <cassert>
#include <cctype>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <functional>
#include <limits>
#include <numeric>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>
#include <utility>
#include <array>
#include <vector>
#include <deque>
#include <forward_list>
#include <list>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>

using namespace std;

#define popcount __builtin_popcountll
#define FORS(i, s, n) for (int i = (s); i < (n); ++i)
#define RFORS(i, s, n) for (int i = (n)-1; i >= (s); --i)
#define FOR(i, n) FORS(i, 0, n)
#define RFOR(i, n) RFORS(i, 0, n)
#define FI(n) FOR(i, n)
#define RFI(n) RFOR(i, n)
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define RALL(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define MP(x,y) make_pair((x),(y))
#define PB(x) push_back((x))
#define SZ(c) int((c).size())
#define FOR_SETTED_BIT(bit, mask) for (int bit = 0; (mask) >> bit; ++bit) if (1&(mask >> bit))
#define FOR_NONZERO_SUBMASK(submask, mask) for (int submask=(mask); submask; submask=(submask-1)&(mask))
#define PI (3.141592653589793L)
#define MODULO ((ll)1e9+7LL)


typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair < int, int > pi;
typedef pair < ll, ll > pll;
typedef pair < ld, ld > pld;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector<ld> vld;
typedef vector<pi> vpi;
typedef vector<pll> vpll;
typedef vector<pld> vpld;
typedef list<int> li;
typedef list<ll> lll;
typedef list<ld> lld;
typedef list<pi> lpi;
typedef list<pll> lpll;
typedef list<pld> lpld;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vll> vvll;
typedef vector<vld> vvld;
typedef vector<vpi> vvpi;
typedef vector<vpll> vvpll;
typedef vector<vpld> vvpld;
typedef vector<li> vli;
typedef vector<lll> vlll;
typedef vector<lld> vlld;
typedef vector<lpi> vlpi;
typedef vector<lpll> vlpll;
typedef vector<lpld> vlpld;
typedef set<int> si;
typedef set<ll> sll;
typedef set<pi> spi;
typedef set<pll> spll;
typedef vector< list < pair < int, ll > > > AdjacencyLists;
typedef vvll AdjacencyMatrix;


template<class T> inline T sqr(const T &x) { return x * x; }
inline ll sqr(int x){return sqr<ll>(x);}
template<class T>T binpow(const T &a, ll n) { return n == 0 ? 1 : sqr(binpow(a, n / 2))* (n % 2 ? a : 1); }
ll binpow(ll a, ll n, ll modulo) { return n == 0 ? 1 : sqr(binpow(a, n / 2, modulo)) % modulo * (n % 2 ? a : 1) % modulo; }

ll gcd(ll a, ll b, ll &x, ll &y)
{
    if (a == 0)
    {
        x = 0;
        y = 1;
        return b;
    }
    ll x1, y1;
    ll d = gcd(b%a, a, x1, y1);
    x = y1 - (b / a) * x1;
    y = x1;
    return d;
}
inline ll phi (ll n) {
    ll result = n;
    for (ll i=2; i*i<=n; ++i)
        if (n % i == 0) {
            while (n % i == 0)
                n /= i;
            result -= result / i;
        }
    if (n > 1)
        result -= result / n;
    return result;
}
inline vll inverseAll(ll m)
{
    vll r(m);
    r[1] = 1;
    for (int i=2; i<m; ++i)
        r[i] = (m - (m/i) * r[m%i] % m) % m;
    return r;
}
inline ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return gcd(a, b, a, b); }
inline ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a / gcd(a, b) * b; }
inline ll llrand()
{
    const ll lsbToFill = (sizeof(ll) << 3) - 1;
    const ll bitsFilledInIteration = popcount(RAND_MAX);
    ll number = 0;
    
    for (ll lsbFilled = 0; lsbFilled <= lsbToFill; lsbFilled += bitsFilledInIteration)
    {
        number ^= (((ll)rand()) << lsbFilled);
    }
    
    return number & numeric_limits<ll>::max();
}
inline ll llrand(ll begin, ll end)
{
    return begin + llrand() % (end - begin);
}

struct Dinic {
    struct Edge {
        int u, v;
        ll cap, flow;
        Edge() {}
        Edge(int u, int v, ll cap): u(u), v(v), cap(cap), flow(0) {}
    };
    
    int N;
    vector<Edge> E;
    vector<vector<int>> g;
    vector<int> d, pt;
    
    Dinic(int N): N(N), E(0), g(N), d(N), pt(N) {}
    
    void AddEdge(int u, int v, ll cap) {
        if (u != v) {
            E.emplace_back(Edge(u, v, cap));
            g[u].emplace_back(E.size() - 1);
            E.emplace_back(Edge(v, u, 0));
            g[v].emplace_back(E.size() - 1);
        }
    }
    
    bool BFS(int S, int T) {
        queue<int> q({S});
        fill(d.begin(), d.end(), N + 1);
        d[S] = 0;
        while(!q.empty()) {
            int u = q.front(); q.pop();
            if (u == T) break;
            for (int k: g[u]) {
                Edge &e = E[k];
                if (e.flow < e.cap && d[e.v] > d[e.u] + 1) {
                    d[e.v] = d[e.u] + 1;
                    q.emplace(e.v);
                }
            }
        }
        return d[T] != N + 1;
    }
    
    ll DFS(int u, int T, ll flow = -1) {
        if (u == T || flow == 0) return flow;
        for (int &i = pt[u]; i < g[u].size(); ++i) {
            Edge &e = E[g[u][i]];
            Edge &oe = E[g[u][i]^1];
            if (d[e.v] == d[e.u] + 1) {
                ll amt = e.cap - e.flow;
                if (flow != -1 && amt > flow) amt = flow;
                if (ll pushed = DFS(e.v, T, amt)) {
                    e.flow += pushed;
                    oe.flow -= pushed;
                    return pushed;
                }
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }
    
    ll MaxFlow(int S, int T) {
        ll total = 0;
        while (BFS(S, T)) {
            fill(pt.begin(), pt.end(), 0);
            while (ll flow = DFS(S, T))
                total += flow;
        }
        return total;
    }
};

vll Dijkstra(const AdjacencyLists &g, int s)
{
    vll d(SZ(g), numeric_limits<ll>::max() / 2LL);
    priority_queue < pair<ll, int> > q;

    d[s] = 0;
    q.emplace(-0, s);
    
    while (!q.empty())
    {
        while (q.top().first > d[q.top().second]) { q.pop(); }
        int v = q.top().second;
        
        q.pop();
        
        for (const auto &cw : g[v])
        {
            if (d[v] + cw.second < d[cw.first])
            {
                d[cw.first] = d[v] + cw.second;
                q.emplace(-d[cw.first], cw.first);
            }
        }
    }
    
    return d;
}

struct BinarySearchIterator : public std::iterator<std::forward_iterator_tag, bool>
{
    ll value;
    
    typename iterator_traits<BinarySearchIterator>::difference_type operator - (const BinarySearchIterator &it) const { return value - it.value; }
    
    BinarySearchIterator& operator ++() { ++value; return *this; }
    
    bool operator != (const BinarySearchIterator &it) const { return value != it.value; }
    
    bool operator*() const { /*insert code here*/ return true; }
};

template < int ALPHA >
class AhoCorasick
{
public:
    static const int ILLEGAL_INDEX;
    static const int ROOT;
    
    struct Node
    {
        bool leaf;
        int parent;
        int parentCharacter;
        int link;
        
        int next[ALPHA];
        int go[ALPHA];
        int outputFunction;
        
        Node(int parent = ILLEGAL_INDEX, int parentCharacter = ALPHA) :
            leaf(false),
            parent(parent),
            parentCharacter(parentCharacter),
            link(ILLEGAL_INDEX),
            outputFunction(ILLEGAL_INDEX)
        {
            fill_n(next, ALPHA, ILLEGAL_INDEX);
            fill_n(go, ALPHA, ILLEGAL_INDEX);
        }
    };
    
    vector<Node> tree = vector<Node>(1);
    
    AhoCorasick(){}
    AhoCorasick(int maxStatesNumber)
    {
        tree.reserve(maxStatesNumber);
    }
    
    template < class Iterator >
    void add(int length, const Iterator begin)
    {
        int vertex = ROOT;
        
        for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i)
        {
            if (ILLEGAL_INDEX == tree[vertex].next[begin[i]])
            {
                tree[vertex].next[begin[i]] = SZ(tree);
                tree.push_back(Node(vertex, begin[i]));
            }
            
            vertex = tree[vertex].next[begin[i]];
        }
        
        tree[vertex].leaf = true;
    }
    
    int getLink(int vertex)
    {
        assert(0 <= vertex && vertex < tree.size());
        
        if (ILLEGAL_INDEX == tree[vertex].link)
        {
            if (ROOT == vertex || ROOT == tree[vertex].parent)
            {
                tree[vertex].link = ROOT;
            }
            else
            {
                tree[vertex].link = go(getLink(tree[vertex].parent), tree[vertex].parentCharacter);
            }
        }
        
        return tree[vertex].link;
    }
    
    int go(int vertex, int character)
    {
        assert(0 <= character && character < ALPHA);
        assert(0 <= vertex && vertex < tree.size());
        
        if (ILLEGAL_INDEX == tree[vertex].go[character])
        {
            if (ILLEGAL_INDEX == tree[vertex].next[character])
            {
                tree[vertex].go[character] = ROOT == vertex ? ROOT : go(getLink(vertex), character);
            }
            else
            {
                tree[vertex].go[character] = tree[vertex].next[character];
            }
        }
        
        return tree[vertex].go[character];
    }
    
    int getOutputFunction(int vertex)
    {
        assert(0 <= vertex && vertex < tree.size());
        
        if (ILLEGAL_INDEX == tree[vertex].outputFunction)
        {
            if (tree[vertex].leaf || ROOT == vertex)
            {
                tree[vertex].outputFunction = vertex;
            }
            else
            {
                tree[vertex].outputFunction = getOutputFunction(getLink(vertex));
            }
        }
        
        return tree[vertex].outputFunction;
    }
};

template < int ALPHA > const int AhoCorasick<ALPHA>::ILLEGAL_INDEX = -1;
template < int ALPHA > const int AhoCorasick<ALPHA>::ROOT = 0;

struct UnionFind {
    vi parent;
    vi rank;
    UnionFind(int n) : parent(n), rank(n) {
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            parent[i] = i;
            rank[i] = 0;
        }
    }
    int find_set (int v) {
        if (v == parent[v])
            return v;
        return parent[v] = find_set (parent[v]);
    }
    void union_sets (int a, int b) {
        a = find_set (a);
        b = find_set (b);
        if (a != b) {
            if (rank[a] < rank[b])
                swap (a, b);
            parent[b] = a;
            if (rank[a] == rank[b])
                ++rank[a];
        }
    }
};

vi solve(const string &s) {
    int begin = 0;
    vi change(SZ(s), false);
    
    FI(SZ(s) + 1) {
        if (i == SZ(s) || s[begin] != s[i]) {
            begin = i;
        }
        
        if (i < SZ(s) && (i - begin) % 2 == 1) {
            change[i] = true;
        }
    }
    
    return change;
}

ll solve(const string &s, ll k) {
    if (1 == k) {
        auto one = solve(s);
        return accumulate(ALL(one), 0LL);
    }
    
    if (2 == k) {
        auto two = solve(s + s);
        return accumulate(ALL(two), 0LL);
    }
    
    if (SZ(set<char>(ALL(s))) == 1) {
        ll length = SZ(s) * k;
        
        return length / 2;
    }
    
    auto three = solve(s + s + s);
    auto four = solve(s + s + s + s);
    
    ll three_ = accumulate(ALL(three), 0LL);
    ll four_ = accumulate(ALL(four), 0LL);
    ll delta = four_ - three_;
    
    return (k - 3LL) * delta + three_;
}

#ifdef DEBUG
ll solve_slow(const string &s, ll k) {
    string ss;
    
    FI(k) {
        ss += s;
    }
    
    auto answer = solve(ss);
    
    return accumulate(ALL(answer), 0LL);
}

pair<string, ll> generate() {
    int sl = 1 + rand() % 6;
    ll k = 1 + rand() % 6;
    string s;
    
    FI(sl) {
        s.PB('a' + rand() % ('c' - 'a'));
    }
    
    return MP(s, k);
}

void stress() {
    while (true) {
        auto [s, k] = generate();
        auto answer = solve_slow(s, k);
        auto output = solve(s, k);
        
        cerr << s << endl << k << endl << answer << ' ' << output << endl;
        assert(answer == output);
    }
}

#endif

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
#ifdef DEBUG
    assert(2 == solve("a", 5));
    assert(3 == solve("aaa", 2));
    assert(4 == solve("issii", 2));
    assert(81 == solve("qq", 81));
    assert(8999939997 == solve("cooooooooonteeeeeeeeeest", 999993333));
    stress();
#endif
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout.precision(13);
    cout.setf(ios::fixed);
    srand((unsigned int)time(NULL));

    string s;
    ll k;
    
    while (cin >> s >> k) {
        cout << solve(s, k) << endl;
    }

    return 0;
}


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