import std.stdio, std.conv, std.string, std.array, std.range, std.algorithm, std.container;
import std.math, std.random, std.bigint, std.datetime, std.format;
void main(string[] args){ if(args.length > 1) if(args[1] == "-debug") DEBUG = 1; solve(); }
void log()(){ writeln(""); } void log(T, A ...)(T t, lazy A a){ if(DEBUG) write(t, " "), log(a); } bool DEBUG = 0; 
string read(){ static string[] ss; while(!ss.length) ss = readln.chomp.split; string res = ss[0]; ss.popFront; return res; }
T read(T)(){ return read.to!T; }
T[] read(T)(long n){ return n.iota.map!(_ => read!T).array; }
T[][] read(T)(long m, long n){ return m.iota.map!(_ => read!T(n)).array; }
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void solve(){
	
	int n = read!int;
	string s = readln.chomp;
	
	int sum = 0;
	int[] sums = [0]; // sum[i] = sum(0 .. i)
	foreach(i; 0 .. n){
		if(s[i] == '#') sum += 1;
		sums ~= sum;
	}
	
	int ans = n + 10;
	foreach(i; 0 .. n + 1){
		int tmp = sums[i] + ((n - i) - (sums[n] - sums[i]));
		if(tmp < ans) ans = tmp;
	}
	
	ans.writeln;
	
}

