#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define FOR(i,m,n) for(int i=(m);i<(n);++i)
#define REP(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
using ll = long long;
constexpr int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;
constexpr long long LINF = 0x3f3f3f3f3f3f3f3fLL;
constexpr double EPS = 1e-8;
constexpr int MOD = 998244353;
// constexpr int MOD = 1000000007;
constexpr int DY4[]{1, 0, -1, 0}, DX4[]{0, -1, 0, 1};
constexpr int DY8[]{1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1};
constexpr int DX8[]{0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1};
template <typename T, typename U>
inline bool chmax(T& a, U b) { return a < b ? (a = b, true) : false; }
template <typename T, typename U>
inline bool chmin(T& a, U b) { return a > b ? (a = b, true) : false; }
struct IOSetup {
  IOSetup() {
    std::cin.tie(nullptr);
    std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    std::cout << fixed << setprecision(20);
  }
} iosetup;

template <typename T>
requires requires { typename T::value_type; }
std::vector<std::pair<typename T::value_type, int>> run_length_encoding(
    const T& s) {
  const int n = s.size();
  std::vector<std::pair<typename T::value_type, int>> res;
  if (n == 0) [[unlikely]] return res;
  typename T::value_type ch = s.front();
  int num = 1;
  for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i) {
    if (s[i] != ch) {
      res.emplace_back(ch, num);
      num = 0;
    }
    ch = s[i];
    ++num;
  }
  res.emplace_back(ch, num);
  return res;
}

int main() {
  int n; string s; cin >> n >> s;
  cout << run_length_encoding(s).size() << '\n';
  return 0;
}