#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
template <class _T>
inline _T sqr(const _T& first) {
  return first * first;
}
template <class _T>
inline string tostr(const _T& a) {
  ostringstream os("");
  os << a;
  return os.str();
}
const long double PI = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795L;
const long double EPS = 5e-12;
char TEMPORARY_CHAR;
const int INF = 1e9;
inline void input(int& a) {
  a = 0;
  while (((TEMPORARY_CHAR = getchar()) > '9' || TEMPORARY_CHAR < '0') &&
         (TEMPORARY_CHAR != '-')) {
  }
  char neg = 0;
  if (TEMPORARY_CHAR == '-') {
    neg = 1;
    TEMPORARY_CHAR = getchar();
  }
  while (TEMPORARY_CHAR <= '9' && TEMPORARY_CHAR >= '0') {
    a = 10 * a + TEMPORARY_CHAR - '0';
    TEMPORARY_CHAR = getchar();
  }
  if (neg) a = -a;
}
inline void out(int a) {
  if (!a) putchar('0');
  if (a < 0) {
    putchar('-');
    a = -a;
  }
  char s[10];
  int i;
  for (i = 0; a; ++i) {
    s[i] = '0' + a % 10;
    a /= 10;
  }
  for (int j = (i)-1; j >= 0; j--) putchar(s[j]);
}
inline int nxt() {
  int(ret);
  input((ret));
  ;
  return ret;
}
int main() {
  string s;
  cin >> s;
  int sum[s.length() + 1];
  sum[0] = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i < (int)s.length() - 1; ++i)
    sum[i + 1] = sum[i] + (s[i] == s[i + 1]);
  int(m);
  input((m));
  ;
  while (m--) {
    int l = nxt() - 1;
    int r = nxt() - 1;
    cout << sum[r] - sum[l] << endl;
  }
}
