using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static System.Console;
using static System.Math;

namespace AtCoder
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new Program().Solve(new ConsoleInput(Console.In, ' '));
        }

        public void Solve(ConsoleInput cin)
        {
            // 解答はココに書く
            var n = cin.ReadInt;
            var s = cin.Read;
            
            var count = 0;
            var black = 0;
            var white = 0;
            for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                var w = s[i];
                if (w == '.') {
                    white++;
                }
                if (w == '#') {
                    if (white != 0) {
                        black++;
                    }
                    
                }

            }
            if (white < black) {
                count = white;
            } else {
                count = black;
            }
            
            WriteLine(count);
        }

        private double MultipleCeil(double value, double multiple) {return Math.Ceiling(value / multiple) * multiple;}

    }

    public class ConsoleInput
    {
        private readonly System.IO.TextReader _stream;
        private char _separator = ' ';
        private Queue<string> inputStream;
        public ConsoleInput(System.IO.TextReader stream, char separator = ' ')
        {
            this._separator = separator;
            this._stream = stream;
            inputStream = new Queue<string>();
        }
        public string Read
        {
            get
            {
                if (inputStream.Count != 0) return inputStream.Dequeue();
                string[] tmp = _stream.ReadLine().Split(_separator);
                for (int i = 0; i < tmp.Length; ++i)
                    inputStream.Enqueue(tmp[i]);
                return inputStream.Dequeue();
            }
        }
        public string ReadLine { get { return _stream.ReadLine(); }}
        public int ReadInt { get { return int.Parse(Read); }}
        public long ReadLong { get { return long.Parse(Read); }}
        public double ReadDouble { get { return double.Parse(Read); }}
        public string[] ReadStrArray(long N) { var ret = new string[N]; for (long i = 0; i < N; ++i) ret[i] = Read; return ret;}
        public int[] ReadIntArray(long N) { var ret = new int[N]; for (long i = 0; i < N; ++i) ret[i] = ReadInt; return ret;}
        public long[] ReadLongArray(long N) { var ret = new long[N]; for (long i = 0; i < N; ++i) ret[i] = ReadLong; return ret;}
    }
}