3588.Ilya and Queries

Time Limit: 1s Memory Limit: 256MB

Ilya the Lion wants to help all his friends with passing exams. They need to solve the following problem to pass the IT exam.

You've got string s=s1s2... sn (n is the length of the string), consisting only of characters "." and "#" and m queries. Each query is described by a pair of integers li,ri (1 \le li \lt ri \le n). The answer to the query li,ri is the number of such integers i (li \le i \lt ri), that si=si+1.

Ilya the Lion wants to help his friends but is there anyone to help him? Help Ilya, solve the problem.

Input Format(From the terminal/stdin)

The first line contains string s of length n (2 \le n \le 105). It is guaranteed that the given string only consists of characters "." and "#".

The next line contains integer m (1 \le m \le 105) - the number of queries. Each of the next m lines contains the description of the corresponding query. The i-th line contains integers li,ri (1 \le li \lt ri \le n).

Output Format(To the terminal/stdout)

Print m integers - the answers to the queries in the order in which they are given in the input.

Sample Input 1

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4
3 4
2 3
1 6
2 6
      \n
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Sample Output 1

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1
1
5
4
 \n
 \n
 \n
 \n

Sample Input 2

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#..###
5
1 3
5 6
1 5
3 6
3 4
      \n
 \n
 · \n
 · \n
 · \n
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 · \n

Sample Output 2

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1
1
2
2
0
 \n
 \n
 \n
 \n
 \n

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