#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
using namespace std;
//#define int long long
using bll = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;
using ll = long long;
//constexpr int INF = 1e9;//INT_MAX=(1<<31)-1=2147483647
constexpr ll INF = (ll)1e18;//(1LL<<63)-1=9223372036854775807
constexpr ll MOD = (ll)1e9 + 7;
constexpr double EPS = 1e-9;
constexpr int dx[4]={1,0,-1,0};
constexpr int dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
#define p(var) std::cout<<var<<std::endl
#define PI (acos(-1))
#define rep(i, n)   for(ll i=0, i##_length=(n); i< i##_length; ++i)
#define repeq(i, n) for(ll i=1, i##_length=(n); i<=i##_length; ++i)
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define uniq(v) (v).erase(unique((v).begin(), (v).end()), (v).end());
template<typename T> inline void pv(vector<T> v) { for(ll i=0, N=v.size(); i<N; i++) cout<< v[i] << (i==N-1 ? '\n' : ' '); }
template<typename T> inline T gcd(T a, T b) { return b ? gcd(b,a%b) : a; }
template<typename T> inline T lcm(T a, T b) { return a / gcd(a,  b) * b; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline T1 power(T1 x, T2 n){ return n ? power(x*x%MOD,n/2)*(n%2?x:1)%MOD : 1; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a < b && (a = b, true); }
template<typename T1, typename T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a > b && (a = b, true); }
template<typename T> class dvector : public std::vector<T> {
public:
	dvector() : std::vector<T>() {}
	explicit dvector(size_t n, const T& value = T()) : std::vector<T>(n,value) {}
	dvector(const std::vector<T>& v) : std::vector<T>(v) {}
	dvector(const std::initializer_list<T> il) : std::vector<T>(il) {}
	dvector(const typename std::vector<T>::iterator first, const typename std::vector<T>::iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
	dvector(const std::string::iterator first, const std::string::iterator last) : std::vector<T>(first, last) {}
	T& operator[](size_t n) { return this->at(n); }
	const T& operator[](size_t n) const { return this->at(n); }
};
class dbool{
public:
	dbool() : boolvalue(false) {}
	dbool(bool b) : boolvalue(b) {}
	dbool(const dbool &b) : boolvalue(b.boolvalue) {}
	operator bool&() { return boolvalue; }
	operator const bool&() const { return boolvalue; }
private:
	bool boolvalue;
};
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, pair<T1, T2>& p) {return s << "(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")";}
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, dvector<T>& v) {
	for (int i = 0, len = v.size(); i < len; ++i){ s << v[i]; if (i < len - 1) s << "\t"; } return s; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, dvector< dvector<T> >& vv) {
	for (int i = 0, len = vv.size(); i < len; ++i){ s << vv[i] << endl; } return s; }
template<typename T1, typename T2> ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, map<T1, T2>& m) {
	s << "{" << endl; for (auto itr = m.begin(); itr != m.end(); ++itr){ s << "\t" << (*itr).first << " : " << (*itr).second << endl; } s << "}" << endl; return s; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, set<T>& se) {
	s << "{ "; for (auto itr = se.begin(); itr != se.end(); ++itr){ s << (*itr) << "\t"; } s << "}" << endl; return s; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& s, multiset<T>& se) {
	s << "{ "; for (auto itr = se.begin(); itr != se.end(); ++itr){ s << (*itr) << "\t"; } s << "}" << endl; return s; }
#ifdef LOCAL_DEV
	#define debug(var) std::cout<<#var" = "<<var<<std::endl
#else
	#define debug(var)
#endif
#ifdef LOCAL_TEST
	#define vector dvector
	#define bool dbool
#endif

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//{文字, 数}のvectorを返す
vector<pair<char,int>> runLengthEncoding(string s){
	vector<pair<char,int>> ans;
	char ch=s[0];
	int count=0;
	for(int i=0,size=s.size(); i<size; i++){
		if(ch==s[i]){
			count++;
		}else{
			ans.push_back({ch,count});
			ch=s[i];
			count=1;
		}
	}
	ans.push_back({ch,count});
	return ans;
}


constexpr ll S_MAX = 100;
constexpr ll K_MAX = 1000000000;

string S;
ll K;

void input() {
	cin>>S>>K;
}

void solve() {
	ll ans = 0;

	auto r=runLengthEncoding(S);
	if(r.size()==1){
		ans=S.size()*K/2;
	}else	if(S[0]==S[S.size()-1]){
		for(int i=1,size=r.size()-1;i<size;i++){
			ans+=(r[i].second/2);
		}
		ans*=K;
		debug(ans);
		ans+=(r[0].second/2);
		ans+=(r[r.size()-1].second/2);
		ans+=((r[0].second+r[r.size()-1].second)/2)*(K-1);
		debug(((r[0].second+r[r.size()-1].second)/2)*(K-1));
	}else{
		rep(i,r.size()){
			ans+=(r[i].second/2);
		}
		ans*=K;
	}


	printf("%lld\n", ans);
}

signed main() {
	input();
	solve();
	return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256