#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
string s;
int main(){
cin >> s;
int n = s.size();
int so_xau_con = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
if(s[i] != s[(i+1)%n]) so_xau_con++;
}
if(so_xau_con == 0) cout << 0;
else cout << (so_xau_con - 2)/2;
}
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