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//include
//------------------------------------------
#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <climits>
#include <set>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <deque>
#include <stack>
#include <bitset>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <numeric>
#include <utility>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cctype>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <queue>
#include <random>
#include <complex>
#include <regex>
#include <locale>
#include <random>
#include <type_traits>

using namespace std;

#define SHOW_VECTOR(v) {std::cerr << #v << "\t:";for(const auto& xxx : v){std::cerr << xxx << " ";}std::cerr << "\n";}
#define SHOW_MAP(v){std::cerr << #v << endl; for(const auto& xxx: v){std::cerr << xxx.first << " " << xxx.second << "\n";}}

using LL = long long;

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_(＾～＾ ｣ ∠)_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


int main() {

    int N;
    cin >> N;

    vector<int> a(N);
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) cin >> a[i];

    int ans = 0;
    int k = 114515;

    for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
        if (a[i] == a[i - 1]) {
            a[i] += k;
            k += 100000;
            ans++;
        }
    }

    cout << ans;

    return 0;
}
















































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