CCO '09 P2 - Dinner

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Points: 20 (partial)
Time limit: 0.6s
Memory limit: 128M

Problem type
Canadian Computing Competition: 2009 Stage 2, Day 1, Problem 2

On the way to dinner, the CCC competitors are lining up for their delicious curly fries. The N (1 \le N \le 100) competitors have lined up single-file to enter the cafeteria.

Doctor V, who runs the CCC, realized at the last minute that programmers simply hate standing in line next to programmers who use a different language. Thankfully, only two languages are allowed at the CCC: Gnold and Helpfile. Furthermore, the competitors have decided that they will only enter the cafeteria if they are in a group of at least K (1 \le K \le 6) competitors.

Doctor V decided to iterate the following scheme:

  • He will find a group of K or more competitors who use the same language standing next to each other in line and send them to dinner.
  • The remaining competitors will close the gap, potentially putting similar-language competitors together.

So Doctor V recorded the sequence of competitors for you. Can all the competitors dine? If so, what is the minimum number of groups of competitors to be sent to dinner?

Note: Test cases worth 60\% of the points have K \le 2. Out of these, on test cases worth one third of the points (20\% of the total points), N \le 10.

Input Specification

The first line contains two integers N and K.

The second line contains N characters that are the sequence of competitors in line (H represents Helpfile, G represents Gnold)

Output Specification

Output, on one line, the single number that is the minimum number of groups that are formed for dinner. If not all programmers can dine, output -1.

Sample Input

7 2
GHHGHHG

Description of Sample Input

There are seven competitors: a Gnold programmer followed by two Helpfile programmers, followed by another Gnold programmer, followed by another two Helpfile programmers followed by a final Gnold programmer. Programmers want to go to dinner in pairs.

Output for Sample Input

3

Description of Output for Sample Input

First send the first pair of Hs to dinner, leaving GGHHG. Then send the second pair of Hs to dinner, leaving GGG; finally, send in the group of Gs. It might be coincidental that the two pairs of Helpfile programmers entered the cafeteria successively.


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