using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using BitArray = System.Collections.BitArray;
using BigInteger = System.Numerics.BigInteger;
using TextReader = System.IO.TextReader;
using System.Text;

namespace AtCoderProject
{
    public class Program
    {
        public object Calc()
        {
            var n = consoleReader.Int;
            var s = consoleReader.String;

            var eSum = new int[s.Length + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++)
                eSum[i + 1] = eSum[i] + (s[i] == 'E' ? 1 : 0);
            var min = int.MaxValue;

            for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++)
            {
                var leftE = eSum[i];
                var leftW = i - leftE;
                var rightE = eSum[s.Length] - eSum[i + 1];

                min = Math.Min(min, leftW + rightE);
            }


            return min;
        }

        #region いつもの
        private readonly ConsoleReader consoleReader;
        public Program(ConsoleReader consoleReader) { this.consoleReader = consoleReader; }
        static void Main() => Console.WriteLine(new Program(new ConsoleReader(Console.In)).Calc()); static string AllLines<T>(IEnumerable<T> source) => string.Join("\n", source);
        #endregion
    }

#pragma warning disable
    public class ConsoleReader
    {
        private string[] line = Array.Empty<string>();
        private int linePosition;
        private TextReader textReader;
        public ConsoleReader(TextReader tr) { textReader = tr; }
        public int Int => int.Parse(String);
        public long Long => long.Parse(String);
        public double Double => double.Parse(String);
        public string String
        {
            get
            {
                if (linePosition >= line.Length)
                {
                    linePosition = 0;
                    line = textReader.ReadLine().Split();
                }
                return line[linePosition++];
            }
        }
        public class SplitLine
        {
            private string[] splited;
            public SplitLine(ConsoleReader cr) { splited = cr.textReader.ReadLine().Split(); }
            public int[] Int => String.Select(x => int.Parse(x)).ToArray();
            public long[] Long => String.Select(x => long.Parse(x)).ToArray();
            public double[] Double => String.Select(x => double.Parse(x)).ToArray();
            public string[] String => splited;
        }
        public SplitLine Split => new SplitLine(this);
        public class RepeatReader
        {
            ConsoleReader cr; int count;
            public RepeatReader(ConsoleReader cr, int count) { this.cr = cr; this.count = count; }
            public IEnumerable<T> Select<T>(Func<ConsoleReader, T> func) { for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) yield return func(cr); }
            public IEnumerable<string> String { get { for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) yield return cr.String; } }
            public IEnumerable<int> Int { get { for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) yield return cr.Int; } }
            public IEnumerable<double> Double { get { for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) yield return cr.Double; } }
        }
        public RepeatReader Repeat(int count) => new RepeatReader(this, count);
    }
}

Measured memory_bytes: 15328