#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
struct InputReader {
  char buf[1000001];
  int p;
  inline InputReader() { p = 1000001; }
  inline void Flush() {
    p = 0;
    fread(buf, 1, 1000001, stdin);
  }
  inline char C() {
    if (p >= 1000001) Flush();
    return buf[p++];
  }
  inline char Readnum() {
    char ch = C();
    while (!isdigit(ch) && ch != '-') ch = C();
    return ch;
  }
  inline void Readalpha(char &c) {
    c = C();
    while (!isalpha(c)) c = C();
  }
  int operator()() {
    int ans = 0, fu = 1;
    char ch = Readnum();
    if (ch == '-') fu = -1, ch = C();
    while (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
      ans = ans * 10 + ch - '0';
      ch = C();
    }
    return ans * fu;
  }
  long long Readll() {
    long long ans = 0LL, fu = 1LL;
    char ch = Readnum();
    if (ch == '-') fu = -1LL, ch = C();
    while (ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') {
      ans = ans * 10LL + ch - '0';
      ch = C();
    }
    return ans * fu;
  }
  inline void Readstring(string &x) {
    x.clear();
    char ch = C();
    while (!isdigit(ch) && !isalpha(ch) && ch != '-' && ch != '.') ch = C();
    while (isdigit(ch) || isalpha(ch) || ch == '-' || ch == '.') {
      x += ch;
      ch = C();
    }
  }
  inline void Readchstring(char s[]) {
    int len = 0;
    char ch = C();
    while (!isdigit(ch) && !isalpha(ch)) ch = C();
    while (isdigit(ch) || isalpha(ch)) {
      s[len++] = ch;
      ch = C();
    }
    s[len] = '\0';
  }
  inline void Specialread(char &c) {
    c = C();
    while (!isdigit(c) && !isalpha(c) && c != '#' && c != '.' && c != '=' &&
           c != 'B')
      c = C();
  }
} In;
inline void Read(int &x) { x = In(); }
inline void Read(int &x, int &y) {
  x = In();
  y = In();
}
inline void Read(int &x1, int &x2, int &x3) {
  x1 = In();
  x2 = In();
  x3 = In();
}
inline void Read(int &x1, int &x2, int &x3, int &x4) {
  x1 = In();
  x2 = In();
  x3 = In();
  x4 = In();
}
inline void Read(long long &x) { x = In.Readll(); }
inline void Read(long long &x, long long &y) {
  x = In.Readll();
  y = In.Readll();
}
inline void Read(long long &x1, long long &x2, long long &x3) {
  x1 = In.Readll();
  x2 = In.Readll();
  x3 = In.Readll();
}
inline void Read(long long &x1, long long &x2, long long &x3, long long &x4) {
  x1 = In.Readll();
  x2 = In.Readll();
  x3 = In.Readll();
  x4 = In.Readll();
}
inline void FILEIO() {}
inline void FILEIO(string pname) {
  freopen((pname + ".in").c_str(), "r", stdin);
  freopen((pname + ".out").c_str(), "w", stdout);
}
void Printtime() {}
void END() {
  Printtime();
  exit(0);
}
template <typename T>
void END(T mes) {
  cout << mes << endl;
  END();
}
template <typename T>
void Print(T a[], int s, int t, char sp = ' ', char ed = '\n') {
  for (int i = s; i <= t; i++) cout << a[i] << sp;
  cout << ed;
  cout.flush();
}
template <typename T>
void Print(T a, int s = 0, int t = -1, char sp = ' ', char ed = '\n') {
  if (t == -1) t = a.size() - 1;
  for (int i = s; i <= t; i++) cout << a[i] << sp;
  cout << ed;
  cout.flush();
}
int n;
string s;
int a[110];
long long mem[110][110][110];
long long Dfs(int l, int r, int cnt) {
  if (l > r) return 0;
  if (l == r) return a[cnt];
  if (~mem[l][r][cnt]) return mem[l][r][cnt];
  long long ans = Dfs(l + 1, r, 1) + a[cnt];
  for (register int(i) = (l + 1); (i) <= (r); ++(i)) {
    if (s[i] != s[l]) continue;
    long long tans = Dfs(l + 1, i - 1, 1) + Dfs(i, r, cnt + 1);
    (ans) = (((ans)) > ((tans)) ? ((ans)) : ((tans)));
  }
  return mem[l][r][cnt] = ans;
}
int main() {
  FILEIO();
  memset(mem, -1, sizeof(mem));
  Read(n);
  In.Readstring(s);
  s = " " + s;
  for (register int(i) = 1; (i) <= (n); ++(i)) Read(a[i]);
  long long ans = Dfs(1, n, 1);
  printf("%lld\n", ans);
  END();
}
