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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <algorithm>
#include <random>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>
#include <bitset>
#include <chrono>
#include <ctime>
#include <fstream>
#include <stack>
#include <cstdio>
#include <functional>
using namespace std;
using LL = long long;
const int N = 1e5 + 5;
const LL mod = 1e9 + 7, inf = 1e18;
vector<int> dx = { 1, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, -1 };
vector<int> dy = { 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, -1, 1, -1 };
void solve() {
int n, m; cin >> n >> m;
vector<string> v(n);
for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i){
cin >> v[i];
}
vector<vector<int>> vis(n, vector<int> (m));
int ans = 0;
queue<pair<int, int>> q;
q.push({0, 0});
vis[0][0] = 1;
while(q.size()){
queue<pair<int, int>> new_q;
++ans;
int st_i = q.front().first, st_j = q.front().second;
while(q.size()){
int i = q.front().first, j = q.front().second;
q.pop();
for(int k = 0; k < 4; ++k){
int to_i = i + dx[k], to_j = j + dy[k];
if(to_i < 0 || to_j < 0 || to_i == n || to_j == m) {
continue;
}
if(vis[to_i][to_j]){
continue;
}
if(v[to_i][to_j] == v[st_i][st_j]){
q.push({to_i, to_j});
vis[to_i][to_j] = 1;
}
else if(v[to_i][to_j] != '.'){
new_q.push({to_i, to_j});
vis[to_i][to_j] = 1;
}
}
}
q = new_q;
}
cout << ans << "\n";
}
int main() {
ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(NULL);
// int t; cin >> t; while (t--)
solve();
}
