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 Kotlin (1.3.71) (judge verdict: Accepted)

import java.io.BufferedReader
import java.io.InputStreamReader
import java.io.PrintWriter
import kotlin.math.min

val br = BufferedReader(InputStreamReader(System.`in`))
val out = PrintWriter(System.out)

fun main() {
    br.use { out.use {
        solve()
        out.flush()
    } }
}

fun solve() {
    // #. NG
    // .# OK

    val n = readInteger()
    val s = br.readLine()!!

    val whiteSums = IntArray(n + 1)
    val blackSums = IntArray(n + 1)
    for ((i, c) in s.withIndex()) {
        whiteSums[i + 1] = whiteSums[i] + if (c == '.') 1 else 0
        blackSums[i + 1] = blackSums[i] + if (c == '#') 1 else 0
    }

    var ans = Int.MAX_VALUE
    for (i in 0..n) {
        ans = min(ans, blackSums[i] + whiteSums[n] - whiteSums[i])
    }
    out.println(ans)
}

fun readInteger() = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine())
fun readLong() = java.lang.Long.parseLong(br.readLine())
fun readStringList() = br.readLine()!!.split(' ')
fun readIntegerList() = readStringList().map(Integer::parseInt)
fun readLongList() = readStringList().map(java.lang.Long::parseLong)
fun readDoubleList() = readStringList().map(java.lang.Double::parseDouble)