N = int(input())
S = input()
s = [S[i: i + 1] for i in range(N)]
ans = 0
bflag = 0
for i, st in enumerate(s):
    if bflag == 1:
        if st == '.':
            ans += 1
        else:
            bflag = 0
    else:
        if st == '#':
            bflag = 1
print(ans)
