import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in
 * Actual solution is at the top
 *
 * @author EDGE
 */
public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputStream inputStream = System.in;
        OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
        FastReader in = new FastReader(inputStream);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
        Task solver = new Task();
        solver.solve(1, in, out);
        out.close();
    }

    static class Task {
        public void solve(int testNumber, FastReader in, PrintWriter out) {

            int n = in.nextInt();
            int te = n;

            char[] a = in.nextLine().toCharArray();

            for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
                if (a[i - 1] == a[i]) te--;
            }
            out.println(te);
        }

    }

    static class FastReader {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastReader(InputStream inputStream) {
            br = new BufferedReader(new
                    InputStreamReader(inputStream));
        }

        String next() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        public String nextLine() {
            String str = "";
            try {
                str = br.readLine();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return str;
        }

    }
}


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