#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
/* Written by Nishant Mittal aka nishantwrp */
#define FAST std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#define modnum 1000000007
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
#define PB pop_back
#define sl(a) (int)a.length()
#define sz(a) (int)a.size()
#define lcase(a) (char)tolower(a)
#define ucase(a) (char)toupper(a)
#define precise(a) fixed<<setprecision(a)<<
#define F first
#define S second
#define I insert
#define pii pair<int,int>
#define trav(a, x) for(auto& a : x)
#define rep(n) for(int i = 0;i<n;i++)
#define rrep(n) for(int i = n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define time cerr << "\nTime elapsed: " << 1000 * clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC << "ms\n";
#define invect(data,n,commands) for(int i = 0;i<n;i++){int tmp;cin>>tmp;data.pb(tmp);commands}
#define inset(data,n,commands) for(int i = 0;i<n;i++){int tmp;cin>>tmp;data.I(tmp);commands}
#define display(x) trav(a,x) cout<<a<<" "; cout<<endl;
#define ingrid(data,n,commands) for(int i = 0; i<n; i++){cin>>data[i];commands}
#define section(a,b,w) set_intersection(a.begin(), a.end(),b.begin(), b.end(),back_inserter(w));
#define union(a,b,w) set_union(a.begin(), a.end(),b.begin(), b.end(),back_inserter(w));
#define copy(a,w) copy(a.begin(), a.end(),back_inserter(w));
#define all(data) data.begin(), data.end()
#define PI 3.14159265358979323844
#define endl '\n'
#define last(a) a[sz(a)-1]
#define INF 1000000000000000000

#define trace(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
template <typename Arg1>
void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){
    std::cerr << name << " : " << arg1 << endl;
}
template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){
    const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ',');std::cerr.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);
}

std::mt19937_64 rng(std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

// Graph DFS
const int fx[]={+1,-1,+0,+0};
const int fy[]={+0,+0,+1,-1};

//primes for hashing 937,991,1013,1409,1741

//Returns index of first element not less than key and more than key respectively
#define lb(data,key) lower_bound(all(data),key) - data.begin();
#define up(data,key) upper_bound(all(data),key) - data.begin();
#define fnd(data,key) find(all(data),key) - data.begin();
/* Long Long Int */
#define int long long int
/*

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*/
int ans = 0;

void nishantwrp(int cas) {
	int n;
	cin>>n;
	string s;
	cin>>s;
	int i=1;
	while(i<n) {
		if (s[i] != s[i-1] )
		{
			ans++;
		}
		i++;
	}
	cout<<ans+1;
}

signed main()
{
FAST
int t = 1;
// cin>>t;
int cas = 1;
while(cas <= t) {
	nishantwrp(cas);
	ans = 0;
	cas++;
}
return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 512