#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int nx=4e3+5;
int h, w, cnt, dx[4]={1, 0, 0, -1}, dy[4]={0, 1, -1, 0};
char mp[nx][nx], c;
queue<pair<int, int>> q, nq;
int main()
{
cin.tie(NULL)->sync_with_stdio(false);
cin>>h>>w;
for (int i=1; i<=h; i++) for (int j=1; j<=w; j++) cin>>mp[h][w];
nq.push({1, 1});
while (!nq.empty())
{
cnt++;
q=nq;
c=mp[nq.front().first][nq.front().second];
while (!nq.empty()) nq.pop();
while (!q.empty())
{
auto [x, y]=q.front();
mp[x][y]='.';
q.pop();
for (int i=0; i<4; i++)
{
int nx=x+dx[i], ny=y+dy[i];
if (nx<1||nx>h||ny<1||ny>w||mp[nx][ny]=='.') continue;
if (mp[nx][ny]==c) q.push({nx, ny});
else nq.push({nx, ny});
}
}
}
cout<<cnt;
}
