#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
const int N = 1e5 + 10;
typedef long long ll;
ll pro[26][N],nex[26][N];
int main() {
int n;cin>>n;
string str;cin>>str;
str = ' ' + str;
for(int i = 1;i<=n;i++){
for(int j = 0;j<26;j++) pro[j][i] = pro[j][i-1];
pro[str[i]-'a'][i]++;
}
for(int i = n;i>=1;i--){
for(int j = 0;j<26;j++) nex[j][i] = nex[j][i+1];
nex[str[i]-'a'][i]++;
}
long long ans = 0;
for(int i = 2;i<n;i++){
int c = str[i] -'a';
for(int j = 0;j<26;j++){
if(j==c) continue;
ans += pro[j][i] * nex[c][i+1];
}
}
cout<<ans;
return 0;
}
// 64 位输出请用 printf("%lld")