Write a function that returns the count of characters that have to be removed in order to get a string with no consecutive repeats.

[abhijit9040]

Examples
'abbbbc' => 'abc' # answer: 3
'abbcca' => 'abca' # answer: 2
'ab cca' => 'ab ca' # answer: 1

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