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

template <typename A, typename B>string to_string(pair<A, B> p);template <typename A, typename B, typename C>string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p);template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p);string to_string(const string& s) {  return '"' + s + '"';}string to_string(const char* s) {  return to_string((string) s);}string to_string(bool b) {  return (b ? "true" : "false");}string to_string(vector<bool> v) {  bool first = true;  string res = "{";  for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(v.size()); i++) {    if (!first) {      res += ", ";    }    first = false;    res += to_string(v[i]);  }  res += "}";  return res;}template <size_t N>string to_string(bitset<N> v) {  string res = "";  for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++) {    res += static_cast<char>('0' + v[i]);  }  return res;}template <typename A>string to_string(A v) {  bool first = true;  string res = "{";  for (const auto &x : v) {    if (!first) {      res += ", ";    }    first = false;    res += to_string(x);  }  res += "}";  return res;}template <typename A, typename B>string to_string(pair<A, B> p) {  return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";}template <typename A, typename B, typename C>string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p) {  return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ")";}template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p) {  return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<3>(p)) + ")";}void debug_out() { cerr << endl; }template <typename Head, typename... Tail>void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {  cerr << " " << to_string(H);  debug_out(T...);}

#ifdef LOCAL
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define debug(...) 42
#endif

#define set0(x) memset(x,0,sizeof(x))
#define F first
#define S second
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair
#define rep(i, a, b) for(int i = a; i < (b); ++i)
#define trav(a, x) for(auto& a : x)
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()

typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;
template<typename T> void read(T &x){
	x = 0;char ch = getchar();ll f = 1;
	while(!isdigit(ch)){if(ch == '-')f*=-1;ch=getchar();}
	while(isdigit(ch)){x = x*10+ch-48;ch=getchar();}x*=f;
}
template<typename T, typename... Args> void read(T &first, Args& ... args) {
	read(first);
	read(args...);
}

string S;
int k;
int calc(string C){
    int ret = 0;
    for(int i=1;i<C.size();i++){
        if(C[i] == C[i-1]){
            ret++;
            C[i] = '#';
        }
    }
    return ret;
}
int main() {
    cin>>S;
    cin>>k;
    int sm = 1;
    for(int i=0;i<S.length();i++)if(S[i]!=S[0])sm = 0;
    if(sm){
        cout<<1ll*S.length()*k/2<<endl;
        return 0;
    }
    if(k == 1){
        cout<< calc(S)<<endl;
        return 0;
    }
    if(k == 2){
        cout<< calc(S+S)<<endl;
        return 0;
    }
    ll a = calc(S+S+S),b = calc(S+S+S+S);
    cout<<a+(k-3)*(b-a)<<endl;
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256