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 Rust (1.15.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

use std::cmp::min;

#[allow(unused_macros)]
macro_rules! scan {
    () => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            line.trim().to_string()
        }
    };
    (;;) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            line.trim().split_whitespace().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect::<Vec<String>>()
        }
    };
    (;;$n:expr) => {
        {
            (0..$n).map(|_| scan!()).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };
    ($t:ty) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            line.trim().parse::<$t>().unwrap()
        }
    };
    ($($t:ty),*) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            let mut iter = line.split_whitespace();
            (
                $(iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().unwrap(),)*
            )
        }
    };
    ($t:ty;;) => {
        {
            let mut line: String = String::new();
            std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
            line.split_whitespace()
                .map(|t| t.parse::<$t>().unwrap())
                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
        }
    };
    ($t:ty;;$n:expr) => {
        (0..$n).map(|_| scan!($t;;)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };
    ($t:ty; $n:expr) => {
        (0..$n).map(|_|
                    scan!($t)
        ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };
    ($($t:ty),*; $n:expr) => {
        (0..$n).map(|_|
                    scan!($($t),*)
        ).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };
}

fn main() {
    let n = scan!(usize);
    let s = scan!();

    let mut blacks = vec![0];
    let mut num: i64 = 0;
    for c in s.chars() {
        if c == '#' {
            num += 1;
        }
        blacks.push(num)
    }
    let mut whites = vec![0];
    let mut num: i64 = 0;
    for c in s.chars().rev() {
        if c == '.' {
            num += 1;
        }
        whites.push(num)
    }

    let mut ans: i64 = 1 << 60;
    for (b, w) in blacks.iter().zip(whites.iter().rev()) {
        ans = min(ans, b + w);
    }
    println!("{}", ans);
}