#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
#define fr first
#define sc second
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define pw(x) (1ll << x)
#define sz(x) (int)((x).size())
#define pb push_back
#define endl '\n'
#define mp make_pair
#define vec vector
using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair <int, int> pii;
typedef pair <ll, ll> pll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef unsigned int uint;
template <typename T> inline bool umin (T &a, const T &b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template <typename T> inline bool umax (T &a, const T &b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template <typename T>
using oset = tree<T, null_type, less <T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
inline void solve () {
int q; cin >> q;
char c; cin >> c; --q;
int cnt = 1;
while (q--) {
char x; cin >> x;
if (x != c) c = x, ++cnt;
}
cout << cnt + 1 << endl;
}
signed main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0);
#ifdef LOCAL
freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
int t = 1; // cin >> t;
while (t--) solve();
return 0;
}
