import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {
    static final Scanner sc  = new Scanner(System.in);
    static final int     MOD = (int) 1E9 + 7;
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String s = nstr();
        long K = nlong();
        char[] s1 = s.toCharArray();
        if (uni(s1)) {
            System.out.println(((long) s1.length * K) / 2);
            return;
        }
        char[] s2 = (s+s).toCharArray();
        int a1 = count(s1);
        int a2 = count(s2);
        System.out.println(a1 + (a2 - a1) * (K - 1));
    }
    
    static boolean uni(char[] s) {
        char cur = s[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < s.length; i++) {
            if (s[i] != cur)
                return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
    static int count(char[] s) {
        
        int count = 0;
        int streak = 1;
        char current = s[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < s.length; i++) {
            if (s[i] == current) {
                streak++;
            } else {
                count += streak / 2;
                current = s[i];
                streak = 1;
            }
        }
        count += streak / 2;
        return count;
    }
    
    private static int nint() {
        return sc.nextInt();
    }

    private static int[] nints(int n) {
        return nints(n, 0, 0);
    }

    private static int[] nints(int n, int padL, int padR) {
        int[] a = new int[padL + n + padR];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            a[padL + i] = nint();
        return a;
    }

    private static long nlong() {
        return sc.nextLong();
    }

    private static long[] nlongs(int n) {
        return nlongs(n, 0, 0);
    }

    private static long[] nlongs(int n, int padL, int padR) {
        long[] a = new long[padL + n + padR];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            a[padL + i] = nlong();
        return a;
    }

    private static double ndouble() {
        return sc.nextDouble();
    }

    private static double[] ndoubles(int n) {
        return ndoubles(n, 0, 0);
    }

    private static double[] ndoubles(int n, int padL, int padR) {
        double[] d = new double[n + padL + padR];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            d[padL + i] = ndouble();
        }
        return d;
    }

    private static String nstr() {
        return sc.next();
    }

    private static char[] nchars() {
        return sc.next().toCharArray();
    }

    private static char[] nchars(int padL, int padR) {
        char[] temp = sc.next().toCharArray();
        char[] ret = new char[temp.length + padL + padR];
        System.arraycopy(temp, 0, ret, padL, temp.length);
        return ret;
    }

    private static char[][] nchars2(int h, int w) {
        return nchars2(h, w, 0, 0);
    }

    private static char[][] nchars2(int h, int w, int padLU, int padRD) {
        char[][] a2 = new char[h + padLU + padRD][w + padLU + padRD];
        for (int i = 0; i < h; i++)
            System.arraycopy(nchars(), 0, a2[padLU + i], padLU, w);
        return a2;
    }

    private static long min(long... ls) {
        return Arrays.stream(ls).min().getAsLong();
    }

    private static int min(int... is) {
        return Arrays.stream(is).min().getAsInt();
    }

    private static long max(long... ls) {
        return Arrays.stream(ls).max().getAsLong();
    }

    private static int max(int... is) {
        return Arrays.stream(is).max().getAsInt();
    }

    private static long abs(long a, long b) {
        return Math.abs(a - b);
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 22736