import java.io.*;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class Main {


    public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, OutputWriter out) {

        int n = in.nextInt();

        String s = in.next();

        int[] bw = new int[n];

        bw[n - 1] = s.charAt(n - 1) == 'W' ? 1 : 0;
        for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
            bw[i] = bw[i + 1] + ((s.charAt(i) == 'W' ? 1 : 0));
        }

        int fw = 0;
        int ans = n - 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            if (s.charAt(i) == 'W') {
                int cans = fw;
                if (i < n - 1) {
                    cans += (n - i - 1) - bw[i + 1];
                }
                ans = Math.min(ans, cans);
                fw++;
            } else {
                int cans = fw;
                if (i < n - 1) {
                    cans += (n - i - 1) - bw[i + 1];
                }
                ans = Math.min(ans, cans);
            }
        }

        System.out.println(ans);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
        OutputWriter out = new OutputWriter(outputStream);
        Main solver = new Main();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class OutputWriter {
        private final PrintWriter writer;

        public OutputWriter(OutputStream outputStream) {
            writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream)));
        }

        public OutputWriter(Writer writer) {
            this.writer = new PrintWriter(writer);
        }

        public void print(Object... objects) {
            for (int i = 0; i < objects.length; i++) {
                if (i != 0) {
                    writer.print(' ');
                }
                writer.print(objects[i]);
            }
        }

        public void println(Object... objects) {
            print(objects);
            writer.println();
        }

        public void close() {
            writer.close();
        }

        public void println(long i) {
            writer.println(i);
        }

    }

    public static class InputReader {
        private boolean finished = false;

        private InputStream stream;
        private byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
        private int curChar;
        private int numChars;
        private InputReader.SpaceCharFilter filter;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            this.stream = stream;
        }

        public static boolean isWhitespace(int c) {
            return c == ' ' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\t' || c == -1;
        }

        public int read() {
            if (numChars == -1) {
                throw new InputMismatchException();
            }
            if (curChar >= numChars) {
                curChar = 0;
                try {
                    numChars = stream.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                if (numChars <= 0) {
                    return -1;
                }
            }
            return buf[curChar++];
        }

        public int peek() {
            if (numChars == -1) {
                return -1;
            }
            if (curChar >= numChars) {
                curChar = 0;
                try {
                    numChars = stream.read(buf);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    return -1;
                }
                if (numChars <= 0) {
                    return -1;
                }
            }
            return buf[curChar];
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            int res = 0;
            do {
                if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            long res = 0;
            do {
                if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res * sgn;
        }

        public String nextString() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            StringBuilder res = new StringBuilder();
            do {
                if (Character.isValidCodePoint(c)) {
                    res.appendCodePoint(c);
                }
                c = read();
            } while (!isSpaceChar(c));
            return res.toString();
        }

        public boolean isSpaceChar(int c) {
            if (filter != null) {
                return filter.isSpaceChar(c);
            }
            return isWhitespace(c);
        }

        private String readLine0() {
            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
            int c = read();
            while (c != '\n' && c != -1) {
                if (c != '\r') {
                    buf.appendCodePoint(c);
                }
                c = read();
            }
            return buf.toString();
        }

        public String readLine() {
            String s = readLine0();
            while (s.trim().length() == 0) {
                s = readLine0();
            }
            return s;
        }

        public String readLine(boolean ignoreEmptyLines) {
            if (ignoreEmptyLines) {
                return readLine();
            } else {
                return readLine0();
            }
        }

        public BigInteger readBigInteger() {
            try {
                return new BigInteger(nextString());
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                throw new InputMismatchException();
            }
        }

        public char nextCharacter() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            return (char) c;
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            int c = read();
            while (isSpaceChar(c)) {
                c = read();
            }
            int sgn = 1;
            if (c == '-') {
                sgn = -1;
                c = read();
            }
            double res = 0;
            while (!isSpaceChar(c) && c != '.') {
                if (c == 'e' || c == 'E') {
                    return res * Math.pow(10, nextInt());
                }
                if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
                    throw new InputMismatchException();
                }
                res *= 10;
                res += c - '0';
                c = read();
            }
            if (c == '.') {
                c = read();
                double m = 1;
                while (!isSpaceChar(c)) {
                    if (c == 'e' || c == 'E') {
                        return res * Math.pow(10, nextInt());
                    }
                    if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
                        throw new InputMismatchException();
                    }
                    m /= 10;
                    res += (c - '0') * m;
                    c = read();
                }
            }
            return res * sgn;
        }

        public boolean isExhausted() {
            int value;
            while (isSpaceChar(value = peek()) && value != -1) {
                read();
            }
            return value == -1;
        }

        public String next() {
            return nextString();
        }

        public InputReader.SpaceCharFilter getFilter() {
            return filter;
        }

        public void setFilter(InputReader.SpaceCharFilter filter) {
            this.filter = filter;
        }

        public int[] nextIntArray(int n) {
            int[] array = new int[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) array[i] = nextInt();
            return array;
        }

        public int[] nextSortedIntArray(int n) {
            int array[] = nextIntArray(n);
            Arrays.sort(array);
            return array;
        }

        public int[] nextSumIntArray(int n) {
            int[] array = new int[n];
            array[0] = nextInt();
            for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) array[i] = array[i - 1] + nextInt();
            return array;
        }

        public long[] nextLongArray(int n) {
            long[] array = new long[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) array[i] = nextLong();
            return array;
        }

        public long[] nextSumLongArray(int n) {
            long[] array = new long[n];
            array[0] = nextInt();
            for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) array[i] = array[i - 1] + nextInt();
            return array;
        }

        public long[] nextSortedLongArray(int n) {
            long array[] = nextLongArray(n);
            Arrays.sort(array);
            return array;
        }

        public interface SpaceCharFilter {
            public boolean isSpaceChar(int ch);
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 26068