import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Main {
    final static long mod = 1000000007;

    static void debug(Object...args)
    {
        System.out.println(Arrays.deepToString(args));
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    InputReader sc = new InputReader(System.in);
    PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);
    Random gen = new Random();
    int test = 1;//sc.nextInt();
    while(test-->0) {

        int n = sc.nextInt();
        char[] ar = sc.nextLine().toCharArray();
        long c = 1;
        for(int i=1;i<n;i++)
        {
            if(ar[i]!=ar[i-1])
                c++;
        }
        pw.println(c);

    }
    pw.flush();
    pw.close();

}




















































































































































































    static class Data implements Comparable<Data>{
        int x;
        int y;

        public Data (int m, int n) {
            x = m;
            y = n;
        }
        @Override
        public int compareTo(Data o) {
            return y - o.y;
        }
    }

    static class InputReader {

        private final InputStream stream;
        private final byte[] buf = new byte[8192];
        private int curChar, snumChars;

        public InputReader(InputStream st) {
            this.stream = st;
        }

        public int read() {
            if (snumChars == -1)
                throw new InputMismatchException();
            if (curChar >= snumChars) {
                curChar = 0;
                try {
                    snumChars = stream.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                if (snumChars <= 0)
                    return -1;
            }
            return buf[curChar++];
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            int res = 0;
            do {
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            long res = 0;
            do {
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int [] a = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                a[i] = nextInt();
            }
            return a;
        }
        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long [] a = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                a[i] = nextLong();
            }
            return a;
        }

        public static int[] shuffle(int[] a, Random gen)
        { for(int i = 0, n = a.length;i < n;i++)
        { int ind = gen.nextInt(n-i)+i;
            int d = a[i];
            a[i] = a[ind];
            a[ind] = d;

        }
            return a;
        }
        public static char[] shuffle(char[] a, Random gen)
        { for(int i = 0, n = a.length;i < n;i++)
        { int ind = gen.nextInt(n-i)+i;
            char d = a[i];
            a[i] = a[ind];
            a[ind] = d;

        }
            return a;
        }


        public String readString() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
            do {
                res.appendCodePoint(c);
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res.toString();
        }

        public String nextLine() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c))
                c = read();
            StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
            do {
                res.appendCodePoint(c);
                c = read();
            } while (!isEndOfLine(c));
            return res.toString();
        }

        public boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
            return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
        }

        private boolean isEndOfLine(int c) {
            return c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == -1;
        }

    }

}


Measured memory_bytes: 33304