# https://qiita.com/_-_-_-_-_/items/34f933adc7be875e61d0
# abcde	s=input()	s='abcde'
# abcde	s=list(input())	s=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
# 5(1つだけ)	a=int(input())	a=5
# 1 2	| x,y = s_inpl()   |	x=1,y=2
# 1 2 3 4 5 ... n 　	li = input().split()	li=['1','2','3',...,'n']
# 1 2 3 4 5 ... n 　	li = inpl()	li=[1,2,3,4,5,...,n]
# FFFTFTTFF 　	li = input().split('T')	li=['FFF', 'F', '', 'FF']

# INPUT
# 3
# hoge
# foo
# bar
# ANSWER
# n=int(input())
# string_list=[input() for i in range(n)]

import math
import copy
from collections import defaultdict
from collections import Counter
from collections import deque
# 直積 A={a, b, c}, B={d, e}:のとき，A×B={(a,d),(a,e),(b,d),(b,e),(c,d),(c,e)}: product(A, B)
from itertools import product
# 階乗 P!: permutations(seq), 順列 {}_len(seq) P_n: permutations(seq, n)
from itertools import permutations
# 組み合わせ {}_len(seq) C_n: combinations(seq, n)
from itertools import combinations
from bisect import bisect_left, bisect_right
# import numpy as np

# 四方向
dy = [0, 0, 1, -1]
dx = [1, -1, 0, 0]
INF = float("inf")

def i_inpl(): return int(input())
def s_inpl(): return map(int,input().split())
def l_inpl(): return list(map(int, input().split()))

N = int(input())
S = input()

ind = S.find("#")
ans = S[ind+1:].count(".")

ind = S[::-1].find(".")
rans = S[::-1][ind+1:].count("#")

print(min(ans, rans))
