import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.Scanner;
 


public class Main {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		slover();
		out.flush();
	}
	static FastScanner sc = new FastScanner();
	static PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);
	//StringBuffer S = new StringBuffer(sc.next());
	//String hoge2 = str.reverse().toString();
	//map.containsKey(A)
	//Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<Integer, Integer>(N);
	/*for ( キーのデータ型 key : マップの名前.keySet() ) {
		データのデータ型 data = マップの名前.get( key );
		
		// keyやdataを使った処理;
	}*/
	//int i = Integer.parseInt(s);
	//Queue<String> qq=new ArrayDeque<>(); //add,poll,peek BFSは前から実行される
	//Deque<String> dd=new ArrayDeque<>();//push後ろに入れる,poll(pop)後ろからとる,peek addは先頭に入るからバグ注意 
	//stackdfsは後ろから実行される
	//ArrayList<Integer> cc = new ArrayList<>(N);
	//cc.contains(tmp)
	//Arrays.asList(c).contains("a")
	//list.set(1,"walk");//1 1 2 3 5
	static long mod =1000000007;
	static long longINF=1000000000000000007L;
	static int INF=1000000007;
	

	
	
	private static void slover() {
		//StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(sc.nextInt());
		//for(int i=0;i<N;i++) {}
		int N=sc.nextInt();
		String S=sc.next();
		
		
		int v[]=new int[N];
		int v2[]=new int[N];
		for(int i=0;i<N;i++) {
			if(i==0) {
				if(S.charAt(i)=='.') {
					v[i]++;
				}else {
					v2[i]++;
				}
				continue;
			}
			v[i]=v[i-1];
			v2[i]=v2[i-1];
			if(S.charAt(i)=='.') {
				v[i]++;
			}else {
				v2[i]++;
			}
		}
		
		
		int ans=0;
		ans=Math.min(v2[N-1], v[N-1]);
		for(int i=0;i<N;i++) {
			ans=Math.min(ans, v[N-1]-v[i]+v2[i]);
		}
		p(ans);
		
		
	}
		
		
		
		
	
	
	
	static long bi(int i) {
		long t=1;
		for(int a=1;a<=i;a++) {
			t*=a;
			t%=mod;
		}
		return t;
	}
	public static long modPow(long g,long N) {
		long T=1;
		for(int i=0;i<N;i++) {
			T*=g;
			T%=mod;
		}
		return T;
	}
	static void bit() {
		int n=3;
		String[] ar = {"a","b","c"};
		for(int i =0;i<(1<<n);i++) {
			String S="";
			for(int j=0;j<n;j++) {
				if((1&i>>j)==1) {
					S+=ar[j];
				}
			}
			p("S="+S);
		}
	}
	public static long lcm(long a, long b) {
        return a / gcd(a, b) * b;
	}
	
	public static long gcd(long a, long b) {
        return b == 0 ? a: gcd(b, a % b);
	}
	static String nextPermutation(String s) {
		ArrayList<Character> list=new ArrayList<>();
		for(int i=0;i<s.length();i++) {
			list.add(s.charAt(i));
		}
		int pivotPos=-1;
		char pivot=0;
		for(int i=list.size()-2;i>=0;i--) {
			if(list.get(i)<list.get(i+1)) {
				pivotPos=i;
				pivot=list.get(i);
				break;
			}
		}
		if(pivotPos==-1&&pivot==0) {
			return "Final";
		}
		int L=pivotPos+1,R=list.size()-1;
		
		
		
		int minPos=-1;
		char min =Character.MAX_VALUE;
		
		for(int i=R;i>=L;i--) {
			if(pivot<list.get(i)) {
				if(list.get(i)<min) {
					min=list.get(i);
					minPos=i;
				}
			}
		}
		
		Collections.swap(list, pivotPos, minPos);
		Collections.sort(list.subList(L, R+1));
		
		
		StringBuilder sb=new StringBuilder();
		for(int i=0;i<list.size();i++) {
			sb.append(list.get(i));
		}
		return sb.toString();
	}
	


	
	static void p(String ans) {out.println(ans);};
	static void p(int ans) {out.println(ans);};
	static void p() {out.println();};
	static void p(long ans) {out.println(ans);};
	static void p(double ans) {out.println(ans);};
	
	static void pn(String ans) {out.print(ans);};
	static void pn(int ans) {out.print(ans);};
	static void pn() {out.print("");};
	static void pn(long ans) {out.print(ans);};
	static void pn(double ans) {out.print(ans);};
	
	static class FastScanner {
	    private final InputStream in = System.in;
	    private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
	    private int ptr = 0;
	    private int buflen = 0;

	    private boolean hasNextByte() {
	      if (ptr < buflen) {
	        return true;
	      } else {
	        ptr = 0;
	        try {
	          buflen = in.read(buffer);
	        } catch (IOException e) {
	          e.printStackTrace();
	        }
	        if (buflen <= 0) {
	          return false;
	        }
	      }
	      return true;
	    }

	    private int readByte() {
	      if (hasNextByte()) return buffer[ptr++];
	      else return -1;
	    }

	    private static boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
	      return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
	    }

	    private void skipUnprintable() {
	      while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++;
	    }

	    public boolean hasNext() {
	      skipUnprintable();
	      return hasNextByte();
	    }

	    public String next() {
	      if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
	      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
	      int b = readByte();
	      while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
	        sb.appendCodePoint(b);
	        b = readByte();
	      }
	      return sb.toString();
	    }

	    public long nextLong() {
	      if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
	      long n = 0;
	      boolean minus = false;
	      int b = readByte();
	      if (b == '-') {
	        minus = true;
	        b = readByte();
	      }
	      if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
	        throw new NumberFormatException();
	      }
	      while (true) {
	        if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
	          n *= 10;
	          n += b - '0';
	        } else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
	          return minus ? -n : n;
	        } else {
	          throw new NumberFormatException();
	        }
	        b = readByte();
	      }
	    }

	    public int nextInt() {
	      return (int) nextLong();
	    }
	    
	    public double nextDouble(){
	    	return Double.parseDouble(next());
	    }

	    public int[] nextIntArray(int N, boolean oneBased) {
	      if (oneBased) {
	        int[] array = new int[N + 1];
	        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
	          array[i] = sc.nextInt();
	        }
	        return array;
	      } else {
	        int[] array = new int[N];
	        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
	          array[i] = sc.nextInt();
	        }
	        return array;
	      }
	    }

	    public long[] nextLongArray(int N, boolean oneBased) {
	      if (oneBased) {
	        long[] array = new long[N + 1];
	        for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
	          array[i] = sc.nextLong();
	        }
	        return array;
	      } else {
	        long[] array = new long[N];
	        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
	          array[i] = sc.nextLong();
	        }
	        return array;
	      }
	    }
	  }
}
	


Measured memory_bytes: 24020