import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;


public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        new Main().go();
    }

    PrintWriter out;
    Reader in;
    BufferedReader br;

    Main() throws IOException {

        try {

            //br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader("input.txt") );
            //in = new Reader("input.txt");
            in = new Reader("input.txt");
            out = new PrintWriter( new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter("output.txt")) );
        }
        catch (Exception e) {

            //br = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );
            in = new Reader();
            out = new PrintWriter( new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out)) );
        }
    }

    void go() throws Exception {

        long time = System.currentTimeMillis();

        //int t = in.nextInt();
        int t = 1;
        while (t > 0) {
            solve();
            t--;
        }

        //System.err.println(System.currentTimeMillis() - time);

        out.flush();
        out.close();
    }


    int inf = 2000000000;
    int mod = 1000000007;
    double eps = 0.000000001;

    int n;
    int m;

    //ArrayList<Integer>[] g = new ArrayList[200000];

    void solve() throws IOException {

        int n = in.nextInt();
        String s = in.nextLine();

        int[] pw = new int[n];
        int[] pe = new int[n];

        if (s.charAt(0) == 'W')
            pw[0] = 1;
        else
            pe[0] = 1;

        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {

            pw[i] = pw[i-1];
            pe[i] = pe[i-1];

            if (s.charAt(i) == 'W')
                pw[i]++;
            else
                pe[i]++;
        }

        int ans = inf;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {

            int res = 0;
            if (i > 0)
                res = pw[i-1];
            res += pe[n-1] - pe[i];
            ans = Math.min(ans, res);
        }
        out.println(ans);
    }

    class Pair implements Comparable<Pair>{

        int a;
        int b;

        Pair(int a, int b) {

            this.a = a;
            this.b = b;
        }

        public int compareTo(Pair p) {

            if (a > p.a) return 1;
            if (a < p.a) return -1;
            if (b > p.b) return 1;
            if (b < p.b) return -1;
            return 0;
        }
    }

    class Item {

        int a;
        int b;
        int c;

        Item(int a, int b, int c) {
            this.a = a;
            this.b = b;
            this.c = c;
        }

    }


    class Reader {

        BufferedReader  br;
        StringTokenizer tok;

        Reader(String file) throws IOException {
            br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader(file) );
        }

        Reader() throws IOException {
            br = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(System.in) );
        }

        String next() throws IOException {

            while (tok == null || !tok.hasMoreElements())
                tok = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
            return tok.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() throws NumberFormatException, IOException {
            return Integer.valueOf(next());
        }

        long nextLong() throws NumberFormatException, IOException {
            return Long.valueOf(next());
        }

        double nextDouble() throws NumberFormatException, IOException {
            return Double.valueOf(next());
        }


        String nextLine() throws IOException {
            return br.readLine();
        }

    }

    static class InputReader
    {
        final private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;
        private DataInputStream din;
        private byte[] buffer;
        private int bufferPointer, bytesRead;

        public InputReader()
        {
            din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
        }

        public InputReader(String file_name) throws IOException
        {
            din = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file_name));
            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];
            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;
        }

        public String readLine() throws IOException
        {
            byte[] buf = new byte[64]; // line length
            int cnt = 0, c;
            while ((c = read()) != -1)
            {
                if (c == '\n')
                    break;
                buf[cnt++] = (byte) c;
            }
            return new String(buf, 0, cnt);
        }

        public int nextInt() throws IOException
        {
            int ret = 0;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();
            do
            {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }  while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        public long nextLong() throws IOException
        {
            long ret = 0;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();
            do {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }
            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');
            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        public double nextDouble() throws IOException
        {
            double ret = 0, div = 1;
            byte c = read();
            while (c <= ' ')
                c = read();
            boolean neg = (c == '-');
            if (neg)
                c = read();

            do {
                ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';
            }
            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (c == '.')
            {
                while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9')
                {
                    ret += (c - '0') / (div *= 10);
                }
            }

            if (neg)
                return -ret;
            return ret;
        }

        private void fillBuffer() throws IOException
        {
            bytesRead = din.read(buffer, bufferPointer = 0, BUFFER_SIZE);
            if (bytesRead == -1)
                buffer[0] = -1;
        }

        private byte read() throws IOException
        {
            if (bufferPointer == bytesRead)
                fillBuffer();
            return buffer[bufferPointer++];
        }

        public void close() throws IOException
        {
            if (din == null)
                return;
            din.close();
        }
    }

} 

Measured memory_bytes: 29392