#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int N = 2e5 + 10;
const int M = N << 2;
int n, cnt[27], a[N][27];
int tr[M][27], tag[M][27], pos[M][27];
int sum;
string str;
void pushup(int op, int u)
{
tr[u][op] = max(tr[u << 1][op], tr[u << 1 | 1][op]);
if(tr[u << 1][op] >= tr[u << 1 | 1][op]) pos[u][op] = pos[u << 1][op];
else pos[u][op] = pos[u << 1 | 1][op];
}
void build(int op, int u, int l, int r)
{
int mid = l + r >> 1;
if(l == r)
{
tr[u][op] = a[mid][op];
pos[u][op] = mid;
return;
}
build(op, u << 1, l, mid);
build(op, u << 1 | 1, mid + 1, r);
pushup(op, u);
}
void modify(int op, int u, int L, int R, int c, int l, int r)
{
if(L <= l && r <= R)
{
tr[u][op] += c;
tag[u][op] += c;
return;
}
if(tag[u][op])
{
tag[u << 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tr[u << 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tag[u << 1 | 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tr[u << 1 | 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tag[u][op] = 0;
}
int mid = l + r >> 1;
if(L <= mid) modify(op, u << 1, L, R, c, l, mid);
if(R > mid) modify(op, u << 1 | 1, L, R, c, mid + 1, r);
pushup(op, u);
}
int ps;
int qmax(int op, int u, int L, int R, int l, int r)
{
if(L <= l && r <= R)
{
ps = pos[u][op];
return tr[u][op];
}
int mid = l + r >> 1;
if(tag[u][op])
{
tag[u << 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tr[u << 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tag[u << 1 | 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tr[u << 1 | 1][op] += tag[u][op];
tag[u][op] = 0;
}
int ans = 0;
if(R > mid) ans = max(ans, qmax(op, u << 1 | 1, L, R, mid + 1, r));
if(L <= mid) ans = max(ans, qmax(op, u << 1, L, R, l, mid));
return ans;
}
void query()
{
int ans = sum - n;
int pt = 1;
for(int i = 2 ; i <= 26 ; i ++ )
{
int max_ = qmax(i, 1, pt, n, 1, n);
if(max_ <= 0) break;
ans -= max_;
pt = ps;
}
cout << ans << '\n';
}
int main()
{
freopen("lock.in", "r", stdin);
freopen("lock.out", "w", stdout);
ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
cout.tie(0);
int q, op;
cin >> op >> q;
cin >> str;
n = str.size();
str = ' ' + str;
for (int i = n ; i >= 1 ; i -- )
{
cnt[str[i] - 'a' + 1]++;
sum += str[i] - 'a' + 1;
int nsum = 0;
for (int j = 26 ; j >= 1 ; j -- )
{
nsum += cnt[j];
a[i][j] = nsum - (n - i + 1 - nsum);
}
}
for (int i = 1; i <= 26; i++) build(i, 1, 1, n);
query();
while (q--) {
int k;
char x;
cin >> k >> x;
sum -= str[k] - 'a' + 1;
for (int i = 1; i <= str[k] - 'a' + 1; i++) modify(i, 1, 1, k, -1, 1, n);
for (int i = str[k] - 'a' + 2; i <= 26; i++) modify(i, 1, 1, k, 1, 1, n);
str[k] = x;
sum += x - 'a' + 1;
for (int i = 1; i <= x - 'a' + 1; i++) modify(i, 1, 1, k, 1, 1, n);
for (int i = x - 'a' + 2; i <= 26; i++) modify(i, 1, 1, k, -1, 1, n);
query();
}
return 0;
}