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PROGRAMMING IS NOT THE EVERYTHING OF LIFE

IT IS JUST A LEISURE ACTIVITY
 


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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

//===============typedef
typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector< vi > vvi;
typedef pair<int, int> ii;
typedef vector<ii> vii;
typedef vector<vii> vvii;
typedef set<int> si;
typedef map<string, int> msi;

/*
using namespace __gnu_pbds;

#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp> // Common file
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp> // Including 
template<typename T>
using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
template<typename F, typename S>
using ordered_map = tree<F, S, less<F>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
*/


//=================Constant
const ll MOD=1e9+7;
const ll inf=10000000;

//=============define
#define cln(a) memset(a,0,sizeof a);
#define clni(a) memset(a,inf,sizeof a);
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define tr(container, it) for(typeof(container.begin()) it = container.begin(); it != container.end(); it++)
#define sz(a) int((a).size())
#define pb push_back
#define sp(c,x) ((c).find(x) != (c).end())  // for set,map
#define vp(c,x) (find(all(c),x) != (c).end())  // for vector
#define uu first
#define vv second
#define fr(i,a,b) for(int i=int(a);i<int(b);++i)
#define nfr(i,a,b) for(int i= int(a);i>=int(b);--i)
#define tc cin>>t ; while(t--)
#define pc()  cout<<"Case "<<cs++<<": "
#define mx (int)1e5+10
#define s2(x,y) scanf("%d %d",&x,&y)
#define s2l(x,y) scanf("%lld %lld",&x,&y)
#define s3(x,y,z) scanf("%d %d %d",&x,&y,&z)
#define s3l(x,y,z) scanf("%lld %lld %lld",&x,&y,&z)
#define sc(x)  scanf("%d",&x)
#define scl(x)  scanf("%lld",&x)
#define pfs(x) printf("%d ",x)
#define pfl(x) printf("%d\n",x)
#define el puts("");
#define getcx() getchar()
#define Fi freopen("inp.txt","r",stdin)
#define rt return 0

//============functions
inline bool EQ(double a, double b) { return fabs(a-b) < 1e-9; }
inline bool isLeapYear(ll year) { return (year%400==0) || (year%4==0 && year%100!=0); }
inline void normal(ll &a) { a %= MOD; (a < 0) && (a += MOD); }
inline ll modMul(ll a, ll b) { a %= MOD, b %= MOD; normal(a), normal(b); return (a*b)%MOD; }
inline ll modAdd(ll a, ll b) { a %= MOD, b %= MOD; normal(a), normal(b); return (a+b)%MOD; }
inline ll modSub(ll a, ll b) { a %= MOD, b %= MOD; normal(a), normal(b); a -= b; normal(a); return a; }
inline ll modPow(ll b, ll p) { ll r = 1; while(p) { if(p&1) r = modMul(r, b); b = modMul(b, b); p >>= 1; } return r; }
inline ll modInverse(ll a) { return modPow(a, MOD-2); }
inline ll modDiv(ll a, ll b) { return modMul(a, modInverse(b)); }
inline bool checkBit(ll n, int i) { return n&(1LL<<i); }
inline ll setBit(ll n, int i) { return n|(1LL<<i);; }
inline ll resetBit(ll n, int i) { return n&(~(1LL<<i)); }

//============ Grid


int dx[]={0,0,1,-1};
int dy[]={1,-1,0,0}; 


#ifdef CP
template < typename F, typename S >
ostream& operator << ( ostream& os, const pair< F, S > & p ) {
	return os << "(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")";
}

template < typename T >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const vector< T > &v ) {
	os << "{";
	for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
		if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
			os << *it;
	}
	return os << "}";
}

template < typename T >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const set< T > &v ) {
	os << "[";
	for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
		if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
			os << *it;
	}
	return os << "]";
}

template < typename T >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const multiset< T > &v ) {
	os << "[";
	for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
		if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
		os << *it;
	}
	return os << "]";
}

template < typename F, typename S >
ostream &operator << ( ostream & os, const map< F, S > &v ) {
	os << "[";
	for(auto it = v.begin(); it != v.end(); ++it) {
		if( it != v.begin() ) os << ", ";
		os << it -> first << " = " << it -> second ;
		}
	return os << "]";
}

#define dbg(args...) do {cerr << #args << " : "; faltu(args); } while(0)

clock_t tStart = clock();
#define timeStamp dbg("Execution Time: ", (double)(clock() - tStart)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC)

void faltu () {
	cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T>
void faltu( T a[], int n ) {
	for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) cerr << a[i] << ' ';
	cerr << endl;
}

template <typename T, typename ... hello>
void faltu( T arg, const hello &... rest) {
	cerr << arg << ' ';
	faltu(rest...);
}
#else
#define dbg(args...)
#endif 

clock_t b = clock();
string check()
{
    clock_t e=clock();
    double t=(e-b)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
    return !(t<=(double)1e8)?"FUCK":"YAAAH";

}

void input(ll n,const ll a[],int co=0)
{
	ll i=1;
	for(;i<=n;i++)
	{
		if(co==0)	
			scl(a[i]);
		else printf("%lld ",a[i]);
	}
}


void dfs()
{

}

bool cmp()
{
    
}

void solve()
{

}
 
 
 
int main() {
 
  //	freopen("in", "r", stdin);
 
  ll n,k,co=0;;
  scl(n);
  ll a[n];
  for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
  	scl(a[i]);
  for(int i=1;i<n;i++)
  {
  	if(a[i]==a[i-1])
  		co++,a[i]=0,i+=1;
  }
  cout<<co<<endl;
  return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256