#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

#define int long long
// #define double long double
#define FOR(i, a, b) for(ll i = (a); i < (b); ++i)
#define FORR(i, a, b) for(ll i = (a); i > (b); --i)
#define REP(i, n) for(ll i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define REPR(i, n) for(ll i = n; i >= 0; i--)
#define FOREACH(x, a) for(auto &(x) : (a))
#define VECCIN(x)                                                              \
    for(auto &youso_ : (x)) cin >> youso_
#define bitcnt(x) __builtin_popcount(x)
#define lbit(x) __builtin_ffsll(x)
#define rbit(x) __builtin_clzll(x)
#define SZ(x) ((ll)(x).size())
#define fi first
#define se second
#define All(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define rAll(a) (a).rbegin(), (a).rend()

template <typename T = long long> inline T IN() {
    T x;
    cin >> x;
    return (x);
}
inline void CIN() {}
template <class Head, class... Tail>
inline void CIN(Head &&head, Tail &&... tail) {
    cin >> head;
    CIN(move(tail)...);
}
#define CCIN(...)                                                              \
    char __VA_ARGS__;                                                          \
    CIN(__VA_ARGS__)
#define DCIN(...)                                                              \
    double __VA_ARGS__;                                                        \
    CIN(__VA_ARGS__)
#define LCIN(...)                                                              \
    ll __VA_ARGS__;                                                            \
    CIN(__VA_ARGS__)
#define SCIN(...)                                                              \
    string __VA_ARGS__;                                                        \
    CIN(__VA_ARGS__)
#define Yes(a) cout << (a ? "Yes" : "No") << "\n"
#define YES(a) cout << (a ? "YES" : "NO") << "\n"
#define Printv(v)                                                              \
    {                                                                          \
        FOREACH(x, v) { cout << x << " "; }                                    \
        cout << "\n";                                                          \
    }
template <typename T = string> inline void eputs(T s) {
    cout << s << "\n";
    exit(0);
}
template <typename A, size_t N, typename T>
void Fill(A (&array)[N], const T &val) {
    std::fill((T *)array, (T *)(array + N), val);
}

template <typename T> using PQG = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
template <typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T>;

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<ll> VL;
typedef vector<VL> VVL;
typedef pair<ll, ll> PL;
typedef vector<PL> VPL;
typedef vector<bool> VB;
typedef vector<double> VD;
typedef vector<string> VS;

const int INF = 1e9;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
// const int MOD = 998244353;
const ll LINF = 2e18;
// const double PI = atan(1.0) * 4.0;
const ll dx[] = {1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1};
const ll dy[] = {0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1};
#define PI 3.141592653589793238

ll N, M;

signed main() {
    cin.tie(0);
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
 
	string S;
	int K;
	cin >> S >> K;
	char tmp = S[0];
	int N = S.size();
	bool F = false;
	REP(i, N) {
		if (tmp != S[i])F = true;
	}
	if (!F) {
		cout << N * K / 2 << endl;
		return 0;
	}
    if(S[0] == S[N - 1]) {
        string tmp = S + S;
        ll cnt1 = 0, cnt2 = 0;
        FOR(i, 1, 2 * N) {
            if(tmp[i] == tmp[i - 1]) {
                cnt1++;
                i++;
            }
        }
        FOR(i, 1, N) {
            if(S[i] == S[i - 1]) {
                cnt2++;
                i++;
            }
        }
        cout << cnt2 + (cnt1 - cnt2) * (K - 1) << "\n";
    } else {
        ll cnt = 0;
        FOR(i, 1, N) {
            if(S[i] == S[i - 1]) {
                cnt++;
                i++;
            }
        }
        cout << cnt * K << "\n";
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256