Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

There are N stones arranged in a row. Every stone is painted white or black.
A string S represents the color of the stones. The i-th stone from the left is white if the i-th character of S is ., and the stone is black if the character is #.

Takahashi wants to change the colors of some stones to black or white so that there will be no white stone immediately to the right of a black stone.
Find the minimum number of stones that needs to be recolored.

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 2\times 10^5

S is a string of length N consisting of . and #.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
S

Output

Print the minimum number of stones that needs to be recolored.

Sample Input 1

3
#.#

Sample Output 1

1

It is enough to change the color of the first stone to white.

Sample Input 2

5
#.##.

Sample Output 2

2

Sample Input 3

9
.........

Sample Output 3

0

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Wrong Answer)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace AtCoder2
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length > 0 && args[0] == "debug")
            {
                var inputs = new[] { @"
3
#.#
				", @"
5
#.##.
				", @"
9
.........
				" };

                foreach (var str in inputs)
                {
                    var text = str.Trim();
                    if (text.Length == 0) continue;
                    var reader = new System.IO.StringReader(text);
                    Console.SetIn(reader);
                    Main2(args);
                    Console.WriteLine();
                    Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------");
                    Console.WriteLine();
                }
            }
            else
                Main2(args);
        }

        public static void Main2(string[] args)
        {
            checked
            {

                Console.ReadLine();
                var s = Console.ReadLine();

                int toBlack = 0;
                int toWhite = 0;

                int n = 0;
                while (true)
                {
                    n = s.IndexOf("#.", n);
                    if (n == -1) break;

                    var whiteEnd = s.IndexOf("#", n + 1);
                    toBlack += (whiteEnd != -1) ? (whiteEnd - n - 1) : 1;

                    var blackBegin = s.LastIndexOf(".", n);
                    toWhite += (blackBegin != -1) ? (n - blackBegin) : 1;

                    ++n;
                }

                Console.WriteLine(Math.Min(toBlack, toWhite));
            }
        }
    }

    public static class EnumerablePlus
    {
        ///<summary>出力文字列に変換。</summary>
        public static string MkString<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list)
        {
            return list.Aggregate(
                new System.Text.StringBuilder(),
                (a, b) => ((a.Length > 0) ? a.Append(' ') : a).Append(b)
                ).ToString();
        }

        ///<summary>添字付きfor。</summary>
        public static void ForEach<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list, Action<T, int> a)
        {
            int i = 0;
            foreach (var item in list)
            {
                a(item, i);
            }
        }

        ///<summary>指定回数デリゲートを呼び出す。</summary>
        public static IEnumerable<T> Repeat<T>(int n, Func<T> f)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
            {
                yield return f();
            }
        }
    }

    public static class MathPlus
    {
        ///<summary>約数。順番は不定。</summary>
        public static List<long> Divisor(long n)
        {
            var list = Prime(n).
                GroupBy(id => id).
                Select(pair => new { prime = pair.Key, power = pair.Count() }).
                ToList();

            var result = list.Aggregate(new List<long>(), (left, pair) =>
            {
                var list2 = Enumerable.
                    Range(0, pair.power + 1).
                    Aggregate(new List<long>(), (res, l) =>
                    {
                        var next = res.Count > 0 ? res.Last() * pair.prime : 1L;
                        res.Add(next);
                        return res;
                    });

                if (left.Count == 0) return list2.ToList();

                return list2.
                    SelectMany(l => left.Select(m => l * m)).
                    ToList();
            });

            return result;
        }

        ///<summary>順列の数。</summary>
        public static long Permutation(long n, long r)
            => Factorial(n, r);

        ///<summary>組合せの数。</summary>
        public static long Combination(long n, long r)
        {
            if (r == 0) return 1;

            return Factorial(n, r) / Factorial(r);
        }

        ///<summary>階乗。カウントも指定可能。</summary>
        public static long Factorial(long a, long count = long.MaxValue)
        {
            long res = 1;

            for (long i = 0; a > 0 && i < count; i++)
            {
                checked { res *= a; }
                --a;
            }

            return res;
        }

        ///<summary>素因数分解。昇順。</summary>
        public static List<long> Prime(long a)
        {
            var res = new List<long>();

            for (long b = 2, c = (long)Math.Ceiling(Math.Sqrt(a)); b <= c; ++b)
            {
                while (a % b == 0)
                {
                    res.Add(b);
                    a = a / b;
                }
            }

            return res;
        }

        ///<summary>最小公倍数。</summary>
        public static long Lcm(IEnumerable<long> list)
        {
            return list.Aggregate((a, b) => Lcm(a, b));
        }

        ///<summary>最小公倍数。</summary>
        public static long Lcm(long a, long b)
        {
            return checked(a * b) / Gcd(a, b);
        }

        ///<summary>最大公約数。</summary>
        public static long Gcd(IEnumerable<long> list)
        {
            return list.Aggregate((a, b) => Gcd(a, b));
        }

        ///<summary>最大公約数。</summary>
        public static long Gcd(long a, long b)
        {
            if (a < b)
                Gcd(b, a);

            while (b != 0)
            {
                var rem = a % b;
                a = b;
                b = rem;
            }

            return a;
        }
    }
}