#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
#define SPEED ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);
#define FOR(i, a, b) for (ll i = a; i < b; ++i)
#define RFOR(i, b, a) for (ll i = b; i >= a; --i)
#define ALL(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define DEBUG(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(ALL(_s), ' ', '\0');\
replace(ALL(_s), ',', ' ');\
stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); _debug(_it, args);}
#define endl "\n"
#define F first
#define S second
#define pb(x) push_back(x)
#define mp(x, y) make_pair(x, y)
#define int ll

using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;

template<typename T>
using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;

void _debug(istream_iterator<string>) {}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void _debug(istream_iterator<string> it, T first, Args... args) {
    cerr << ">> " << *it << " : " << first << endl; _debug(++it, args...);
}
template <typename T1, typename T2>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const pair<T1, T2>& p) {
    return out << "(" << p.F << ", " << p.S << ")";
}
template<typename T>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const vector<T>& v) {
    if (v.empty()) return out << "[]";
    else { out << '['; for (auto& e : v) { out << e << ", "; } return out << "\b\b]"; }
}
template<typename T>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const set<T>& s) {
    if (s.empty()) return out << "{}";
    else { out << '{'; for (auto& e : s) { out << e << ", "; } return out << "\b\b}"; }
}
template<typename T>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const unordered_set<T>& s) {
    return out << set<T>(ALL(s));
}
template<typename T1, typename T2>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const map<T1, T2>& m) {
    if (m.empty()) return out << "{}";
    out << '{'; for (auto& p : m) { out << p << ", "; } return out << "\b\b}";
}
template<typename T1, typename T2>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const unordered_map<T1, T2>& m) {
    return out << map<T1, T2>(ALL(m));
}
template<typename T>
inline ostream& operator << (ostream& out, const ordered_set<T>& s) {
    return out << set<T>(ALL(s));
}

typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef vector<long long> vll;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef vector<pair<ll, ll>> vpll;
typedef unordered_map<ll, ll> STll;
/************************************** MAIN PROGRAM ********************************************/

main()
{
    //freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    SPEED
    string s;
    int k;
    cin >> s >> k;

    int n = s.size();
    set<char> st;
    for (auto c : s) {
        st.insert(c);
    }
    vector<short> marked(2 * n);
    for (int i = 1; i < 2 * n; i++) {
        bool change = s[i % n] == s[(i - 1 + n) % n];
        marked[i] = change;
        if (change) i++;
    }
  //  DEBUG(marked)
    int first = 0, second = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        first += marked[i];
    }
    for (int i = n; i < 2 * n; ++i) {
        second += marked[i];
    }
    if (n == 1) {
        int ans = (second) ? k / 2 : 0;
        cout << ans;
        return 0;
    }
    //DEBUG(st)
    int ans = (int(st.size()) != 1) ? first + (k - 1) * second : first * ((k + 1) / 2) +  second * (k / 2);
    cout << ans;
}
/************************************** END OF PROGRAM ******************************************/
/** Stuff you should look for:
 * int overflow, array bounds, over-counting, graph is not a tree/connected
 * special cases (n=1?), set/unordered_set TLE, multi-set/set error
 * do something instead of nothing and stay organized
 */


Measured memory_bytes: 256