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

using ll = long long;

#define REP(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define REPR(i, n) for (int i = n; i >= 0; i--)
#define FOR(i, m, n) for (int i = m; i < n; i++)
#define pb push_back
#define mp make_pair
#define fill(x, y) memset(x, y, sizeof(x))
#define even(x) x % 2 == 0
#define odd(x) x % 2 != 0
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define pcnt __builtin_popcount
#define buli(x) __builtin_popcountll(x)
#define F first
#define S second
#define UNIQUE(v) v.erase(unique(v.begin(), v.end()), v.end());

// these functions return the position of result of Binary Search.
#define LB(s, t, x) (int) (lower_bound(s, t, x) - s)
#define UB(s, t, x) (int) (upper_bound(s, t, x) - s)

ll qp(ll a, ll b, int mo) { ll ans = 1; do { if (b & 1) ans = 1ll * ans * a % mo; a = 1ll * a * a % mo; } while (b >>= 1); return ans; }
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b ? gcd(b, a % b) : a; }
int dx[4] = {1, 0, -1, 0};
int dy[4] = {0, 1, 0, -1};
int dx8[] = { 1, -1, 0, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1 };
int dy8[] = { 0, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1, 1 };

template <typename T>
vector<T> make_v(size_t a) { return vector<T>(a); }
template <typename T, typename... Ts>
auto make_v(size_t a, size_t b, Ts... ts) { return vector<decltype(make_v<T>(b, ts...))>(a, make_v<T>(b, ts...)); }
template <typename T, typename V>
typename enable_if<is_class<T>::value == 0>::type
fill_v(T &t, const V &v) { t = v; }
template <typename T, typename V>
typename enable_if<is_class<T>::value != 0>::type
fill_v(T &t, const V &v) { for (auto &e : t) fill_v(e, v); }
// auto dp = make_v<int>(4, h, w);
// fill_v(dp, 0);

const ll INF_LL = (1ll << 60);
const int INF_INT = (int)1e9;
const ll MOD_CONST = (ll)(1e9 + 7);

template <class T>
bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template <class T>
bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if (b < a) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

inline tuple<ll, ll> rotate45(tuple<ll, ll> p) { ll x = get<0>(p), y = get<1>(p); return tuple<ll, ll>(x + y, x - y); }
inline bool rangeCheck2D(int nx, int ny, int Width, int Height) { return nx >= 0 and nx < Width and ny >= 0 and ny < Height; }
struct UnionFind {
  vector<int> data;
  UnionFind(int size) : data(size, -1) { }
  bool unionSet(int x, int y) {
    x = root(x); y = root(y);
    if (x != y) {
      if (data[y] < data[x]) swap(x, y);
      data[x] += data[y]; data[y] = x;
    }
    return x != y;
  }
  bool findSet(int x, int y) {
    return root(x) == root(y);
  }
  int root(int x) {
    return data[x] < 0 ? x : data[x] = root(data[x]);
  }
  int size(int x) {
    return -data[root(x)];
  }
};
int main(void)
{
	cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(0); cout << fixed << setprecision(20);

	ll N; cin >> N;
	string s; cin >> s;
	vector<pair<int, int>> ltor(N+2), rtol(N+2);
	ltor[0] = mp(0,0);
	rtol[N+1] = mp(0,0);

	REP(i, N) {
		char c = s[i];
		auto lr = ltor[i];
		if (c == 'W') ltor[i+1] = mp(lr.first + 1, lr.second);
		else ltor[i+1] = mp(lr.first,lr.second + 1);
	}
	REPR(i, N-1) {
		char c = s[i];
		auto lr = rtol[i+1];
		if (c == 'W') rtol[i] = mp(lr.first + 1, lr.second);
		else rtol[i] = mp(lr.first,lr.second + 1);
	}

	int ans = INT32_MAX;
	REP(i, N) {
		chmin(ans, ltor[i].first + rtol[i+1].second);
	}
	cout << ans << endl;

	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 5396