#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using intpair = pair<int, int>;
using intpv = vector<intpair>;
using llpair = pair<ll, ll>;
using llpv = vector<llpair>;
using intq = queue<int>;
using llq = queue<ll>;
using intvec = vector<int>;
using llvec = vector<ll>;
using llmat = vector<vector<ll>>;
template <class T>
inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
template <class T>
inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
    return true;
  }
  return false;
}
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) {
  if (a == 0 || b == 0) return 0;
  if (a < b) swap(a, b);
  ll tmp = a % b;
  while (tmp != 0) {
    a = b;
    b = tmp;
    tmp = a % b;
  }
  return b;
}
ll modpow(ll a, ll ex, ll p) {
  if (ex == 1) return a % p;
  if (ex % 2) return a % p * modpow(a, ex - 1, p) % p;
  ll tmp = modpow(a, ex / 2, p) % p;
  return tmp * tmp % p;
}
ll factorial(ll x) {
  ll f = 1;
  for (ll i = 2; i <= x; i++) {
    f *= i;
  }
  return f;
}
ll nPr(ll n, ll r) {
  ll result = 1;
  for (ll i = r + 1; i <= n; i++) result *= i;
  return result;
}
ll nCr(ll n, ll r) {
  if (n == r) {
    return 1;
  }
  if (r > n) {
    return 0;
  }
  if (r > n / 2) {
    r = n - r;
  }
  if (n == 0) {
    return 0;
  }
  if (r == 0) {
    return 1;
  }
  if (r == 1) {
    return n;
  }
  double result = 1;
  for (double i = 1; i <= r; i++) {
    result *= (n - i + 1) / i;
  }
  return (ll)result;
}
ll LowerBinarySearch(llvec array, ll key, ll max, ll min) {
  if (max > min) {
    return -1LL;
  } else {
    ll mid = max + (min - max) / 2;
    if (array[mid] > key) {
      return LowerBinarySearch(array, key, max, mid - 1);
    }
    if (array[mid] < key) {
      return LowerBinarySearch(array, key, mid + 1, min);
    } else {
      return mid;
    }
  }
}
ll GreaterBinarySearch(llvec array, ll key, ll max, ll min) {
  if (max > min) {
    return -1LL;
  } else {
    ll mid = max + (min - max) / 2;
    if (array[mid] < key) {
      return GreaterBinarySearch(array, key, max, mid - 1);
    }
    if (array[mid] > key) {
      return GreaterBinarySearch(array, key, mid + 1, min);
    } else {
      return mid;
    }
  }
}
int DigitNum(ll n) {
  int digit = 0;
  ll wari = 1LL;
  while (n / wari) {
    digit++;
    wari *= 10;
  }
  return digit;
}
bool IsPrime(ll num) {
  if (num < 2)
    return false;
  else if (num == 2)
    return true;
  else if (num % 2 == 0)
    return false;
  double sqrtNum = sqrt(num);
  for (ll i = 3; i <= sqrtNum; i += 2) {
    if (num % i == 0) {
      return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
}
vector<ll> Divisor(ll x) {
  vector<ll> result;
  ll i = 1LL;
  for (; i * i < x; i++) {
    if (x % i) continue;
    result.push_back(i);
    result.push_back(x / i);
  }
  if (i * i == x && x % i == 0) result.push_back(i);
  sort(result.begin(), result.end());
  return result;
}
vector<llpair> PrimeFact(ll x) {
  vector<llpair> result;
  ll ex = 0LL;
  if (x % 2 == 0) {
    while (x % 2 == 0) {
      x /= 2;
      ex++;
    }
    result.push_back({2, ex});
  }
  for (ll i = 3LL; i * i <= x; i += 2) {
    if (x % i) continue;
    ex = 0LL;
    while (x % i == 0) {
      x /= i;
      ex++;
    }
    result.push_back({i, ex});
  }
  if (x != 1) result.push_back({x, 1});
  return result;
}
bool Palind(string s) { return s == string(s.rbegin(), s.rend()); }
struct Union_Find {
  vector<int> parent;
  vector<int> num;
  Union_Find(int N) : parent(N), num(N, 1) {
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
      parent[i] = i;
    }
  }
  int root(int x) {
    if (parent[x] == x) return x;
    return parent[x] = root(parent[x]);
  }
  void merge(int x, int y) {
    int xrt = root(x);
    int yrt = root(y);
    if (xrt == yrt) return;
    parent[xrt] = yrt;
    num[yrt] += num[xrt];
  }
  bool same(int x, int y) { return root(x) == root(y); }
  int size(int x) { return num[root(x)]; }
};
int main() {
  int N;
  cin >> N;
  string S;
  cin >> S;
  int ep = 0;
  while (S[ep] == '.' && ep < N) ep++;
  intpv pv;
  int st = 0;
  int tmp;
  bool b = true;
  for (int i = ep; i < N; i++) {
    if (S[i] == '#') {
      if (b)
        st++;
      else {
        pv.push_back({tmp, st});
        st = 1;
        b = true;
      }
    } else {
      if (b) {
        tmp = st;
        st = 1;
        b = false;
      } else
        st++;
    }
  }
  if (!b) {
    pv.push_back({tmp, st});
  }
  if (pv.empty()) {
    cout << 0 << endl;
    return 0;
  }
  int result = 1 << 30;
  for (int i = 0; i <= pv.size(); i++) {
    int tmp = 0;
    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++) tmp += pv[j].first;
    for (int j = i; j < pv.size(); j++) tmp += pv[j].second;
    chmin(result, tmp);
  }
  cout << result << endl;
}
