using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var N = sc.ReadInt();
        var S = sc.ReadStr();
        var rle = RLE(S).ToArray();
        var ans = int.MaxValue;
        var res = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < rle.Length - 1; i++)
        {
            // #
            if (rle[i].Item1 == '#')
            {
                res += rle[i + 1].Item2;
            }
        }
        ans = Math.Min(ans, res);

        res = 0;
        for (int i = rle.Length - 1; i >= 1; i--)
        {
            // .
            if (rle[i].Item1 == '.')
            {
                res += rle[i - 1].Item2;
            }
        }
        ans = Math.Min(ans, res);

        Console.WriteLine(ans);
    }
    static IEnumerable<Tuple<char, int>> RLE(string s)
    {
        var count = 1;
        var c = s[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < s.Length; i++)
        {
            if (c == s[i])
            {
                count++;
            }
            else
            {
                yield return Tuple.Create(c, count);
                count = 1;
            }
            c = s[i];
        }
        yield return Tuple.Create(c, count);
    }

    static Scanner sc = new Scanner();
}

class Scanner
{
    string[] S = new string[0];
    int Index = 0;
    char[] Separators = new char[] { ' ' };

    public string Next()
    {
        if (this.Index < this.S.Length) return this.S[this.Index++];
        var line = "";
        while (line == "") line = Console.ReadLine();
        this.S = line.Split(this.Separators, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        if (this.S.Length == 0) return this.Next();
        this.Index = 0;
        return this.S[this.Index++];
    }
    public string ReadStr()
    {
        return this.Next();
    }
    public char ReadChar()
    {
        return this.Next()[0];
    }
    public int ReadInt()
    {
        return int.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public uint ReadUInt()
    {
        return uint.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public long ReadLong()
    {
        return long.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public double ReadDouble()
    {
        return double.Parse(this.Next());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int> ReadTup()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int> ReadTup3()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt());
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int, int> ReadTup4()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt(), this.ReadInt());
    }
    public Tuple<long, long> ReadTupLong()
    {
        return Tuple.Create(this.ReadLong(), this.ReadLong());
    }
    public int[] ReadIntArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new int[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadInt();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public long[] ReadLongArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new long[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadLong();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public double[] ReadDoubleArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new double[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadDouble();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public char[] ReadCharArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new char[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadChar();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public string[] ReadStrArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new string[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadStr();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int>[] ReadTupArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int>[] ReadTup3Array(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup3();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<int, int, int, int>[] ReadTup4Array(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<int, int, int, int>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTup4();
        }
        return array;
    }
    public Tuple<long, long>[] ReadTupLongArray(int n)
    {
        var array = new Tuple<long, long>[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            array[i] = this.ReadTupLong();
        }
        return array;
    }
}
