use std::io::Read;
use std::cmp::min;

fn main() {
    let mut buf = String::new();
    std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut buf).unwrap();

    let answer = solve(&buf);

    println!("{}", answer);
}

fn solve(input: &str) -> String {
    let mut iterator = input.split_whitespace();

    let n: usize = iterator.next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
    let s: Vec<char> = iterator.next().unwrap().chars().collect();

    let mut b: Vec<usize> = vec![0; n];
    for i in 0..n {
        if i >= 1 {
            b[i] = b[i - 1];
        }
        if s[i] == '#' {
            b[i] += 1;
        }
    }

    let mut w: Vec<usize> = vec![0; n];
    for i in (0..n).rev() {
        if i < n - 1 {
            w[i] = w[i + 1];
        }
        if s[i] == '.' {
            w[i] += 1;
        }
    }

    let mut ans: usize = 1000000;
    for i in 0..(n - 1) {
        if s[i] != s[i + 1] {
            ans = min(ans, b[i] + w[i + 1]);
        }
    }
    if ans == 1000000 {
        return "0".to_string();
    }
    return ans.to_string();
}
