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#pragma GCC target("sse4,tune=native")
#pragma GCC optimize("O3","unroll-loops")
#include <iostream>
#include <complex>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdio>
#include <numeric>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <list>
#include <cmath>
#include <bitset>
#include <cassert>
#include <queue>
#include <stack>
#include <deque>
    
     
using namespace std;
template<typename T1, typename T2>inline void chkmin(T1 &x, T2 y) { if (x > y) x = y; }
template<typename T1, typename T2>inline void chkmax(T1 &x, T2 y) { if (x < y) x = y; } 
template<typename T, typename U> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const pair<T, U> &_p) { _out << _p.first << ' ' << _p.second; return _out; }
template<typename T, typename U> inline istream &operator>> (istream &_in, pair<T, U> &_p) { _in >> _p.first >> _p.second; return _in; }
template<typename T> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const vector<T> &_v) { if (_v.empty()) { return _out; } _out << _v.front(); for (auto _it = ++_v.begin(); _it != _v.end(); ++_it) { _out << ' ' << *_it; } return _out; }
template<typename T> inline istream &operator>> (istream &_in, vector<T> &_v) { for (auto &_i : _v) { _in >> _i; } return _in; }
template<typename T> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const set<T> &_s) { if (_s.empty()) { return _out; } _out << *_s.begin(); for (auto _it = ++_s.begin(); _it != _s.end(); ++_it) { _out << ' ' << *_it; } return _out; }
template<typename T> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const multiset<T> &_s) { if (_s.empty()) { return _out; } _out << *_s.begin(); for (auto _it = ++_s.begin(); _it != _s.end(); ++_it) { _out << ' ' << *_it; } return _out; }
template<typename T> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const unordered_set<T> &_s) { if (_s.empty()) { return _out; } _out << *_s.begin(); for (auto _it = ++_s.begin(); _it != _s.end(); ++_it) { _out << ' ' << *_it; } return _out; }
template<typename T> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const unordered_multiset<T> &_s) { if (_s.empty()) { return _out; } _out << *_s.begin(); for (auto _it = ++_s.begin(); _it != _s.end(); ++_it) { _out << ' ' << *_it; } return _out; }
template<typename T, typename U> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const map<T, U> &_m) { if (_m.empty()) { return _out; } _out << '(' << _m.begin()->first << ": " << _m.begin()->second << ')'; for (auto _it = ++_m.begin(); _it != _m.end(); ++_it) { _out << ", (" << _it->first << ": " << _it->second << ')'; } return _out; }
template<typename T, typename U> inline ostream &operator<< (ostream &_out, const unordered_map<T, U> &_m) { if (_m.empty()) { return _out; } _out << '(' << _m.begin()->first << ": " << _m.begin()->second << ')'; for (auto _it = ++_m.begin(); _it != _m.end(); ++_it) { _out << ", (" << _it->first << ": " << _it->second << ')'; } return _out; }
#define sz(c) (int)(c).size()
#define all(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define rall(c) (c).rbegin(), (c).rend()
#define left left228
#define right right228
#define next next228
#define rank rank228
#define prev prev228
#define y1 y1228                                                         
#define read(FILENAME) freopen((FILENAME + ".in").c_str(), "r", stdin)
#define write(FILENAME) freopen((FILENAME + ".out").c_str(), "w", stdout)
#define files(FILENAME) read(FILENAME), write(FILENAME)
#define pb push_back
const string FILENAME = "input";
const int MAXN = 300001;

int cnt[MAXN][2];


int main() {
	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(0);
	cout.tie(0);
//	read(FILENAME);
	int n;
	cin >> n;
	string s;
	cin >> s;
	for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
		if (s[i] == 'E') {
			cnt[i][0] = 1;
		} else {
			cnt[i][1] = 1;
		}
		cnt[i][0] += cnt[i + 1][0];
		cnt[i][1] += cnt[i + 1][1];
	}
	int cur[2] = {0, 0};
	int ans = n;
	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
		chkmin(ans, cur[1] + cnt[i + 1][0]);
		if (s[i] == 'E') {
			cur[0]++;
		} else {
			cur[1]++;
		}
	}
	cout << ans << endl;
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 2964