#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <numeric>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

namespace io {
// Input
using IS = istream;
IS &in(IS &i) { return i; }
template <class T, class... Ts> IS &in(IS &i, T &a, Ts &... as) {
  return in(i >> a, as...);
}
template <class V> IS &operator>>(IS &i, vector<V> &a) {
  for_each(a.begin(), a.end(), [&i](auto &e) { i >> e; });
  return i;
}
template <class F, class S> IS &operator>>(IS &i, pair<F, S> const &p) {
  return in(p.first, p.second);
}
template <class... Ts, size_t... I>
IS &tuple_in(IS &i, tuple<Ts...> &t, index_sequence<I...>) {
  return in(i, get<I>(t)...);
}
template <class... Ts> IS &operator>>(IS &i, tuple<Ts...> &t) {
  return tuple_in(i, t, make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>());
}
// Output
using OS = ostream;
OS &out(OS &o) { return o << endl; }
template <class T> OS &out(OS &o, T const &a) { return o << a << endl; }
template <class T, class... Ts> OS &out(OS &o, T const &a, Ts const &... as) {
  return out(o << a << " ", as...);
}
template <class F, class S> OS &operator<<(OS &o, pair<F, S> const &p) {
  return o << p.first << ":" << p.second;
}
template <class... Ts> OS &args_out(OS &o, Ts const &... ts);
OS &args_out(OS &o) { return o; }
template <class T> OS &args_out(OS &o, T const &t) { return o << t; }
template <class T0, class T1, class... Ts>
OS &args_out(OS &o, T0 const &t0, T1 const &t1, Ts const &... ts) {
  return args_out(o << t0 << ",", t1, ts...);
}
template <class... Ts, size_t... I>
OS &tuple_out(OS &o, tuple<Ts...> const &t, index_sequence<I...>) {
  return args_out(o, get<I>(t)...);
}
template <class... Ts> OS &operator<<(OS &o, tuple<Ts...> const &t) {
  return tuple_out(o << "(", t, make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Ts)>()) << ")";
}
template <
    class C,
    class T = typename iterator_traits<typename C::iterator>::value_type,
    typename enable_if<!is_same<C, string>::value, nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
OS &operator<<(OS &o, C const &a) {
  return a.empty() ? (o << "[]") : ([&o, &a]() -> OS & {
    o << "[" << *a.begin();
    for_each(next(a.begin()), a.end(), [&o](auto const &e) { o << "," << e; });
    return o << "]";
  }());
}
} // namespace io
template <class... Xs> void input(Xs &... xs) { io::in(cin, xs...); }
template <class... Xs> void print(Xs const &... xs) { io::out(cout, xs...); }
#ifdef JUMPAKU_DEBUG
template <class... Xs> void dump(Xs const &... xs) { io::out(cout, xs...); }
#else
template <class... Xs> void dump(Xs const &... xs) {}
#endif

// Hash
namespace hashcode {
template <class... Ts> size_t hash_args(size_t h, Ts const &... ts);
size_t hash_args(size_t h) { return h; }
template <class T, class... Ts>
size_t hash_args(size_t h, T const &t, Ts const &... ts) {
  return hash_args(h * 31 + hash<T>{}(t), ts...);
}
template <class... Ts, size_t... I>
size_t hash_tuple(tuple<Ts...> const &t, index_sequence<I...>) {
  return hash_args(17, get<I>(t)...);
}
} // namespace hashcode
namespace std {
template <class... Ts> struct hash<tuple<Ts...>> {
  size_t operator()(tuple<Ts...> const &t) const {
    return hashcode::hash_tuple(t, index_sequence_for<Ts...>());
  }
};
} // namespace std

// Types
using ll = long long int;
template <class T> using u_set = unordered_set<T>;
template <class K, class V> using u_map = unordered_map<K, V>;

// Range
vector<ll> range(ll const &begin, ll const &end) {
  vector<ll> ret(max(0LL, end - begin));
  iota(ret.begin(), ret.end(), begin);
  return ret;
}
vector<ll> range(ll const &end) { return range(0, end); }
template <class T = ll> vector<T> vec(size_t n, T &&init = T()) {
  return vector<T>(n, init);
}
template <class Itr, class T = typename iterator_traits<Itr>::value_type>
vector<T> vec(Itr begin, Itr end) {
  return vector<T>(begin, end);
}

// MOD
ll gcd(ll p, ll q) { return (q == 0) ? p : gcd(q, p % q); }
ll pow(ll a, ll n, ll m) {
  if (n == 0)
    return 1;
  if (n & 1)
    return ((a % m) * pow(a, n - 1, m)) % m;
  auto b = pow(a, n / 2, m);
  return (b * b) % m;
}
ll inv(ll a, ll p) { return pow(a, p - 2, p); }
constexpr ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;

int main() {
  string S;
  ll K;
  input(S, K);
  ll N = S.size();
  dump(S, K, N);
  if (N == 1)
    return print(K / 2), 0;
  if (S[0] != S[N - 1]) {
    ll ans = 0;
    bool changed = false;
    for (auto i : range(1, N)) {
      if (!changed && S[i - 1] == S[i]) {
        ++ans;
        changed = true;
      } else {
        changed = false;
      }
    }
    return print(ans * K), 0;
  }
  ll ans = 0;
  bool changed = true;
  {
    ll K0 = 1;
    ll ans0 = 0;
    bool changed0 = true;
    for (auto i : range(N)) {
      dump(changed0);
      if (!changed0 && S[i - 1] == S[i]) {
        ans0 += K0;
        changed0 = true;
      } else {
        changed0 = false;
      }
    }
    ans += ans0;
    changed = changed0;
    dump("ans0 =", ans0, "K0 =", K0);
  }
  {
    ll K1 = (K - 1) / 2;
    ll ans1 = 0;
    bool changed1 = changed;
    for (auto i : range(N)) {
      dump(changed1);
      if (!changed1 && S[(N + i - 1) % N] == S[i]) {
        ans1 += K1;
        changed1 = true;
      } else {
        changed1 = false;
      }
    }
    ans += ans1;
    changed = changed1;
    dump("ans1 =", ans1, "K1 =", K1);
  }
  {
    ll K3 = (K - 1) / 2 + ((K - 1) % 2);
    ll ans3 = 0;
    bool changed3 = changed;
    for (auto i : range(N)) {
      dump(changed3);
      if (!changed3 && S[(N + i - 1) % N] == S[i]) {
        ans3 += K3;
        changed3 = true;
      } else {
        changed3 = false;
      }
    }
    ans += ans3;
    dump("ans3 =", ans3, "K3 =", K3);
  }
  return print(ans), 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256