// source problem :
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define int long long
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define MASK(i) (1LL << (i))
const int inf = 1e18;
void ckmax(int& f, int s)
{
f = (f > s ? f : s);
}
void ckmin(int& f, int s)
{
f = (f < s ? f : s);
}
int32_t main()
{
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(0);
int ans = 2;
int n;
cin >> n;
char c, l;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> c;
if (i && c != l) ans++;
l = c;
}
cout << ans;
return 0;
}
