import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.*;

public class Main {

	void submit() {
		int n = nextInt();
		String s = nextToken();
		String t = nextToken();

		if (n < 3) {
			int ret = 0;
			for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
				ret += Math.abs(s.charAt(i) - t.charAt(i));
			}
			out.println(ret);
			return;
		}

		ArrayList<Integer> a = new ArrayList<>();
		ArrayList<Integer> b = new ArrayList<>();

		if (s.charAt(0) != t.charAt(0)) {
			b.add(0);
		}

		for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
			if (s.charAt(i - 1) != s.charAt(i)) {
				a.add(i);
			}
			if (t.charAt(i - 1) != t.charAt(i)) {
				b.add(i);
			}
		}

		int ret = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

		for (int shift = -2 * n; shift <= 2 * n; shift += 2) {
			int cur = 0;
			for (int i = 0; i < a.size(); i++) {
				cur += Math.abs(a.get(i) - get(b, i + shift, n));
			}
			for (int i = 0; i < b.size(); i++) {
				if (i - shift < 0 || i - shift >= a.size()) {
					cur += Math.abs(b.get(i) - get(a, i - shift, n));
				}
			}
			ret = Math.min(ret, cur);
		}

		out.println(ret);
	}

	int get(ArrayList<Integer> a, int idx, int n) {
		if (idx < 0) {
			return 0;
		} else if (idx >= a.size()) {
			return n;
		} else {
			return a.get(idx);
		}
	}

	void test() {

	}

	void stress() {
		for (int tst = 0;; tst++) {
			if (false) {
				throw new AssertionError();
			}
			System.err.println(tst);
		}
	}

	Main() throws IOException {
		is = System.in;
		out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
		submit();
		// stress();
		// test();
		out.close();
	}

	static final Random rng = new Random();
	static final int C = 5;

	static int rand(int l, int r) {
		return l + rng.nextInt(r - l + 1);
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
		new Main();
	}

	private InputStream is;
	PrintWriter out;

	private byte[] buf = new byte[1 << 14];
	private int bufSz = 0, bufPtr = 0;

	private int readByte() {
		if (bufSz == -1)
			throw new RuntimeException("Reading past EOF");
		if (bufPtr >= bufSz) {
			bufPtr = 0;
			try {
				bufSz = is.read(buf);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				throw new RuntimeException(e);
			}
			if (bufSz <= 0)
				return -1;
		}
		return buf[bufPtr++];
	}

	private boolean isTrash(int c) {
		return c < 33 || c > 126;
	}

	private int skip() {
		int b;
		while ((b = readByte()) != -1 && isTrash(b))
			;
		return b;
	}

	String nextToken() {
		int b = skip();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		while (!isTrash(b)) {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	String nextString() {
		int b = readByte();
		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
		while (!isTrash(b) || b == ' ') {
			sb.appendCodePoint(b);
			b = readByte();
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}

	double nextDouble() {
		return Double.parseDouble(nextToken());
	}

	char nextChar() {
		return (char) skip();
	}

	int nextInt() {
		int ret = 0;
		int b = skip();
		if (b != '-' && (b < '0' || b > '9')) {
			throw new InputMismatchException();
		}
		boolean neg = false;
		if (b == '-') {
			neg = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		while (true) {
			if (b >= '0' && b <= '9') {
				ret = ret * 10 + (b - '0');
			} else {
				if (b != -1 && !isTrash(b)) {
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				}
				return neg ? -ret : ret;
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}

	long nextLong() {
		long ret = 0;
		int b = skip();
		if (b != '-' && (b < '0' || b > '9')) {
			throw new InputMismatchException();
		}
		boolean neg = false;
		if (b == '-') {
			neg = true;
			b = readByte();
		}
		while (true) {
			if (b >= '0' && b <= '9') {
				ret = ret * 10 + (b - '0');
			} else {
				if (b != -1 && !isTrash(b)) {
					throw new InputMismatchException();
				}
				return neg ? -ret : ret;
			}
			b = readByte();
		}
	}
}


Measured memory_bytes: 26668