#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
long long int gcd(long long int a, long long int b) {
  return b == 0 ? a : gcd(b, a % b);
}
long long int lcm(long long int a, long long int b) {
  return a * (b / gcd(a, b));
}
int dr[] = {+1, -1, +0, +0};
int dc[] = {+0, +0, +1, -1};
int X[] = {+0, +0, +1, -1, -1, +1, -1, +1};
int Y[] = {-1, +1, +0, +0, +1, +1, -1, -1};
int KX[] = {-2, -2, -1, -1, 1, 1, 2, 2};
int KY[] = {-1, 1, -2, 2, -2, 2, -1, 1};
int main() {
  int n, a, b;
  cin >> n >> a >> b;
  string s;
  cin >> s;
  cout << abs(s[--a] - s[--b]);
  printf("\n");
}
