"use strict";

function _toConsumableArray(arr) { return _arrayWithoutHoles(arr) || _iterableToArray(arr) || _nonIterableSpread(); }

function _nonIterableSpread() { throw new TypeError("Invalid attempt to spread non-iterable instance"); }

function _iterableToArray(iter) { if (Symbol.iterator in Object(iter) || Object.prototype.toString.call(iter) === "[object Arguments]") return Array.from(iter); }

function _arrayWithoutHoles(arr) { if (Array.isArray(arr)) { for (var i = 0, arr2 = new Array(arr.length); i < arr.length; i++) { arr2[i] = arr[i]; } return arr2; } }

function _slicedToArray(arr, i) { return _arrayWithHoles(arr) || _iterableToArrayLimit(arr, i) || _nonIterableRest(); }

function _nonIterableRest() { throw new TypeError("Invalid attempt to destructure non-iterable instance"); }

function _iterableToArrayLimit(arr, i) { var _arr = []; var _n = true; var _d = false; var _e = undefined; try { for (var _i = arr[Symbol.iterator](), _s; !(_n = (_s = _i.next()).done); _n = true) { _arr.push(_s.value); if (i && _arr.length === i) break; } } catch (err) { _d = true; _e = err; } finally { try { if (!_n && _i["return"] != null) _i["return"](); } finally { if (_d) throw _e; } } return _arr; }

function _arrayWithHoles(arr) { if (Array.isArray(arr)) return arr; }

function main(input) {
  var lines = input.split('\n');

  var _splitNum = splitNum(lines[0]),
      _splitNum2 = _slicedToArray(_splitNum, 1),
      N = _splitNum2[0];

  var S = lines[1].slice(0, N);
  var we = [];
  var ew = [];
  var cnt = 0;
  var _iteratorNormalCompletion = true;
  var _didIteratorError = false;
  var _iteratorError = undefined;

  try {
    for (var _iterator = S[Symbol.iterator](), _step; !(_iteratorNormalCompletion = (_step = _iterator.next()).done); _iteratorNormalCompletion = true) {
      var char = _step.value;
      we.push(cnt);

      if (char === 'W') {
        cnt++;
      }
    }
  } catch (err) {
    _didIteratorError = true;
    _iteratorError = err;
  } finally {
    try {
      if (!_iteratorNormalCompletion && _iterator.return != null) {
        _iterator.return();
      }
    } finally {
      if (_didIteratorError) {
        throw _iteratorError;
      }
    }
  }

  cnt = 0;
  var _iteratorNormalCompletion2 = true;
  var _didIteratorError2 = false;
  var _iteratorError2 = undefined;

  try {
    for (var _iterator2 = _toConsumableArray(S).reverse()[Symbol.iterator](), _step2; !(_iteratorNormalCompletion2 = (_step2 = _iterator2.next()).done); _iteratorNormalCompletion2 = true) {
      var _char = _step2.value;
      ew.push(cnt);

      if (_char === 'E') {
        cnt++;
      }
    }
  } catch (err) {
    _didIteratorError2 = true;
    _iteratorError2 = err;
  } finally {
    try {
      if (!_iteratorNormalCompletion2 && _iterator2.return != null) {
        _iterator2.return();
      }
    } finally {
      if (_didIteratorError2) {
        throw _iteratorError2;
      }
    }
  }

  ew.reverse();
  var min = Infinity;

  for (var i = 0; i < N; i++) {
    var c = we[i] + ew[i];

    if (min > c) {
      min = c;
    }
  }

  console.log(min);
}

main(require('fs').readFileSync('/dev/stdin', 'utf8'));

function splitNum(line) {
  return line.split(/\s+/).map(function (n) {
    return parseInt(n);
  });
}


Measured memory_bytes: 42680