#![allow(non_snake_case, unused)]
use std::cmp::*;
use std::collections::*;
use std::f64::consts::*;

macro_rules! input {
    (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
        let mut next = || { iter.next().unwrap() };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };

    ($next:expr, mut $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let mut $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {
        {
            let len = read_value!($next, usize);
            (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, bytes) => {
        read_value!($next, String).into_bytes()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

fn main() {
    input!{
        n: usize,
        s: chars,
    }

    let mut l = 0;
    let mut r = 0;

    let mut cnt = 0;
    let mut acc = 0;
    let mut dict = HashMap::new();
    *dict.entry('.').or_insert(0) = 0;
    *dict.entry('#').or_insert(0) = 0;

    for i in 0..n {
        *dict.entry(s[i]).or_insert(0) += 1;
    }
    let w_cnt = dict[&'.'];
    let b_cnt = dict[&'#'];

    while l < s.len() {
        dbg!(&cnt);
        dbg!(&l);
        dbg!(&r);
        while l < s.len() && s[l] == '.' {
            l += 1;
        }
        r = l;

        while r < s.len() && s[r] == '#' {
            r += 1;
        }
        while r < s.len() && s[r] == '.' {
            r += 1;
        }

        dbg!(&r);
        if s[r - 1] == '#' {
            r -= 1;
        }
        dbg!(&l);
        dbg!(&r);

        let mut v = vec![0; 2];
        //r = min(s.len(), r + 1);

        dbg!(&s[l..r]);

        for i in l..r {
            if s[i] == '.' {
                v[0] += 1;
            } else {
                v[1] += 1;
            }
        }
        dbg!(acc);
        cnt += min(v[0], v[1] + acc);
        if v[1] > v[0] {
            acc = r - l + 1;
        } else {
            acc = 0;
        }
        while l < s.len() && s[l] == '#' {
            l += 1;
        }
    }

    println!("{}", min(cnt, min(b_cnt, w_cnt)));
}
