#include <cassert>
//PXjUXeZStdX
#include <cctype>
#include <cerrno>
#include <cfloat>
#include <ciso646>
#include <climits>
#include <clocale>
#include <cmath>
#include <csetjmp>
#include <csignal>
#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstddef>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <ccomplex>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cinttypes>
#include <cstdbool>
#include <cstdint>
#include <ctgmath>
#include <cwchar>
#include <cwctype>

// C++
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <complex>
#include <deque>
#include <exception>
#include <fstream>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <ios>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <iostream>
#include <istream>
#include <iterator>
#include <limits>
#include <list>
#include <locale>
#include <map>
#include <memory>
#include <new>
#include <numeric>
#include <ostream>
#include <queue>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <streambuf>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <utility>
#include <valarray>
#include <vector>
#include <array>
#include <atomic>
#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <forward_list>
#include <future>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <mutex>
#include <random>
#include <ratio>
#include <regex>
#include <scoped_allocator>
#include <system_error>
#include <thread>
#include <tuple>
#include <typeindex>
#include <type_traits>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
//#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
//#include <boost/range/algorithm.hpp>
//#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
#define rep(i,j,k) for(int i=(int)j;i<(int)k;i++)
#define ll long long
#define Sort(v) sort(all(v))
//#define INF 1e9
#define LINF (1LL<<40)
#define END return 0
#define pb push_back
#define se second
#define fi first
#define pb push_back
#define all(v) (v).begin() , (v).end()
#define MP make_pair
#define int long long
#define umap unordered_map 
#define re0 return 0
using namespace std;
int day[12]={31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31};
// int dx[]={0,1,0,-1};
// int dy[]={1,0,-1,0};
typedef pair<int,int> P;

const long long MOD=1000000007LL;
bool isupper(char c){if('A'<=c&&c<='Z')return 1;return 0;}
bool islower(char c){if('a'<=c&&c<='z')return 1;return 0;}
bool iskaibun(string s){for(int i=0;i<s.size()/2;i++)if(s[i]!=s[s.size()-i-1])return 0;return 1;}
bool isnumber(char c){return ('0'<=c&&c<='9');}
bool isalpha(char c){return (isupper(c)||islower(c));}

template<typename T> 
void print(vector<T> v){
    for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++){
        if(i)cout<<" ";
        cout<<v[i];
    }
    cout<<endl;
}
int INF=1e18;

template<typename T>
void printendl(vector<T> v){
    for(auto date:v)cout<<date<<endl;
}

template<typename T>
void printvv(vector<vector<T>> v){
    for(int i=0;i<v.size();i++){
        for(int j=0;j<v[i].size();j++){
            if(j)cout<<" ";
            cout<<v[i][j];
        }
        cout<<endl;
    }
}

int ans=0;
int gcd(int a,int b){
    ans++;
    if(a<b)swap(a,b);
    if(b==0)return a;
    else return gcd(b,a%b);
}

int powl(int n,int p){
    int ret=1;
    for(int i=0;i<p;i++)ret*=n;
    return ret;
}

struct Edge{
    int to,cost;
};

struct S{
    int ans,num;
};

/*
map<int,int> prime_factor(int a,int b){
    map<int,int> ret;
    int n=min(a,b);
    for(int i=2;i*i<=min(a,b);i++){
        while(a%i==0 && b%i==0){
            ret[i]++;
            a/=i;
            b/=i;
        }
    }
    if(a!=1)ret[a]=1;
    if(b!=1)ret[b]=1;
    return ret;
}*/

map<int,int> prime_factor(int n){
    map<int,int> ret;
    for(int i=2;i*i<=n;i++){
        while(n%i==0){
            ret[i]++;
            n/=i;
        }
    }
    if(n!=1)ret[n]=1;
    return ret;
}

vector<bool> eratos(int n){
    vector<bool> prime(n,true);
    prime[0]=false;
    prime[1]=false;
    for(int i=2;i<=n;i++){
        if(prime[i]){
            for(int j=i+i;j<=n;j+=i){
                prime[j]=false;
            }
        }
    }
    return prime;
}

double f(double w,double h){
    return w/(h*h);
}

signed main (){
    string s;
    cin>>s;
    int k;cin>>k;
    int n=s.size();

    bool all_same=true;
    rep(i,1,n){
        if(s[i]!=s[i-1])all_same=false;
    }
    if(all_same){
        cout<<(n*k/2)<<endl;
        return 0;
    }
    int ans=0;
    int idx1=0,idx2=n-1;
    if(s[0]==s.back()){
        string t=s;
        reverse(all(s));
        string rt=s;
        int idx=0;
        int ct1=1,ct2=1;
        while(idx1+1<n && t[idx1]==t[idx1+1]){
            ct1++;
            idx1++;
        }
        ans+=ct1/2;
        while(idx2-1>=0 && t[idx2]==t[idx2-1]){
            ct2++;
            idx2--;
        }
        ans+=ct2/2;
        ans+=(k-1)*((ct1+ct2)/2);
    }
    //cout<<idx1<<" "<<idx2<<endl;
    reverse(all(s));
    rep(i,idx1,idx2){
        if(s[i]==s[i+1]){
            int ct=1;
            while(i+1<n && s[i]==s[i+1]){
                i++;
                ct++;
            }
        ans+=k*(ct/2);
        }
    }

    
    cout<<ans<<endl;
    

    
    

    
}

/*
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*/


Measured memory_bytes: 888