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;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace Tenka1_2019C
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Solve(Input input)
        {
            var n = input.NextInt();
            var s = input.Next();

            // 必要な箇所は全部黒にする
            var bcount = s.SkipWhile(x => x != '#').Count(x => x == '.');
            // 必要な箇所は全部白にする
            var wcount = s.Reverse().SkipWhile(x => x != '.').Count(x => x == '#');

            Console.WriteLine(Math.Min(bcount, wcount));
        }

        #region Competitive Template
        static readonly int MOD = (int)1e9 + 7;

        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // 出力が少ないときはこれをセットする方が時間かかるけれど
            // その場合は出力がボトルネックになっていないので、まあ良しとする
            var needsFlushOutput = true;
            if (needsFlushOutput)
            {
                // 細かく出力しないようにする
                var sw = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput()) { AutoFlush = false };
                Console.SetOut(sw);
            }

            // 通常は引数無しで、ファイルから読み出したい場合はpath指定する
            var input = new Input();
            // 仮想的に標準入力をセットする
            //input.SetText("");

            Solve(input);

            Console.Out.Flush();
        }

        class Input
        {
            // 変な改行コードがたまに混じっているので、一応セパレート指定する
            // スペース単独指定の方がもちろん早い
            static readonly char[] separator = { ' ', '\r', '\n' };
            Queue<string> q { get; set; }
            StreamReader sr;

            /// <summary>
            /// 特定のファイルから読み出したい場合はpath指定する
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="path"></param>
            public Input(string path = "")
            {
                q = new Queue<string>();

                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                {
                    sr = new StreamReader(Console.OpenStandardInput());
                }
                else
                {
                    sr = new StreamReader(path);
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 入力予約
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="items"></param>
            public void SetText(IEnumerable<string> items)
            {
                foreach (var item in items)
                {
                    SetText(item);
                }
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 入力予約
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="s"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public bool SetText(string s)
            {
                if (s == null) return false;

                foreach (var elem in s.Trim().Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                {
                    q.Enqueue(elem);
                }

                return true;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 内部queueに入力からの値をsplitして格納する
            /// </summary>
            /// <returns></returns>
            bool read()
            {
                var s = sr.ReadLine();
                if (s == null) return false;

                foreach (var elem in s.Trim().Split(separator, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                {
                    q.Enqueue(elem);
                }

                if (!q.Any()) return read();

                return true;
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 次のstringを一つ読み込む
            /// </summary>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public string Next()
            {
                if (!q.Any())
                {
                    if (!read())
                    {
                        return "";
                    }
                }

                return q.Dequeue();
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// 指定個数queueにたまるまでenqueueし続ける
            /// </summary>
            /// <param name="n"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            bool accumulate(int n)
            {
                while (q.Count() < n)
                {
                    if (!read()) return false;
                }

                return true;
            }

            public int NextInt() => int.Parse(Next());
            public long NextLong() => long.Parse(Next());
            public double NextDouble() => double.Parse(Next());

            /// <summary>
            /// n個の要素をparseして、それぞれにoffsetをaddした配列を返す
            /// </summary>
            /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
            /// <param name="n"></param>
            /// <param name="offset"></param>
            /// <param name="parse"></param>
            /// <param name="add"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            T[] NextT<T>(int n, T offset, Func<string, T> parse, Func<T, T, T> add)
            {
                if (!accumulate(n)) return null;

                var a = new T[n];

                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                    a[i] = add(parse(q.Dequeue()), offset);

                return a;
            }

            public string[] Next(int n) => NextT(n, "", x => x, (x, y) => x);
            public int[] NextInt(int n, int offset = 0) => NextT(n, offset, int.Parse, (x, y) => x + y);
            public long[] NextLong(int n, long offset = 0) => NextT(n, offset, long.Parse, (x, y) => x + y);
            public double[] NextDouble(int n, double offset = 0.0) => NextT(n, offset, double.Parse, (x, y) => x + y);
        }

        static class Utils
        {
            public static void Print<T>(IEnumerable<T> ie, string sep = " ") => Console.WriteLine(string.Join(sep, ie));
            public static void Print<T>(params T[] objs) => Print(objs);
            public static T Max<T>(params T[] objs) => objs.Max();
            public static T Min<T>(params T[] objs) => objs.Min();

            public static void Swap<T>(ref T x, ref T y) where T : struct { var t = x; x = y; y = t; }
            public static void Swap<T>(IList<T> list, int i, int j) where T : struct { var t = list[i]; list[i] = list[j]; list[j] = t; }

            /// <summary>
            /// vでfillされたT[d1][d2]配列を作成する
            /// </summary>
            /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
            /// <param name="d1"></param>
            /// <param name="d2"></param>
            /// <param name="v"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public static T[][] Create2DArray<T>(int d1, int d2, T v = default(T))
            {
                return
                    Enumerable.Repeat(0, d1).Select(_ =>
                    Enumerable.Repeat(v, d2).ToArray()).ToArray();
            }

            /// <summary>
            /// vでfillされたT[d1][d2][d3]配列を作成する
            /// </summary>
            /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
            /// <param name="d1"></param>
            /// <param name="d2"></param>
            /// <param name="d3"></param>
            /// <param name="v"></param>
            /// <returns></returns>
            public static T[][][] Create3DArray<T>(int d1, int d2, int d3, T v = default(T))
            {
                return
                    Enumerable.Repeat(0, d1).Select(_ =>
                    Enumerable.Repeat(0, d2).Select(__ =>
                     Enumerable.Repeat(v, d3).ToArray()).ToArray()).ToArray();
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}