#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define rep(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
#define repl(i,l,r) for(ll i=(l);i<(r);i++)
#define per(i,n) for(ll i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define perl(i,r,l) for(ll i=r-1;i>=l;i--)
#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define ins insert
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
using ll=long long;
using vl=vector<ll>;
using vvl=vector<vector<ll>>;
const ll MOD=1000000007;
const ll MOD9=998244353;
const int inf=1e9+10;
const ll INF=4e18;
const ll dy[8]={1,0,-1,0,1,1,-1,-1};
const ll dx[8]={0,-1,0,1,1,-1,1,-1};
using Graph = vector<vector<int>>;
double nCk(ll n, ll k) {
double res=1.0;
for(ll i=0; i<n; i++){
res*=0.5;}
for(ll i=0; i<k; i++){
res*=(double)(n-i);
res/=(double)(k-i);
}
return res;}
struct edge{ll to, cost;};
typedef pair<ll,ll> P;
struct graph{
  ll V;
  vector<vector<edge> > G;
  vector<ll> d;

  graph(ll n){
    init(n);
  }

  void init(ll n){
    V = n;
    G.resize(V);
    d.resize(V);
    rep(i,V){
      d[i] = INF;
    }
  }

  void add_edge(ll s, ll t, ll cost){
    edge e;
    e.to = t, e.cost = cost;
    G[s].push_back(e);
  }

  void dijkstra(ll s){
    rep(i,V){
      d[i] = INF;
    }
    d[s] = 0;
    priority_queue<P,vector<P>, greater<P> > que;
    que.push(P(0,s));
    while(!que.empty()){
      P p = que.top(); que.pop();
      ll v = p.second;
      if(d[v]<p.first) continue;
      for(auto e : G[v]){
        if(d[e.to]>d[v]+e.cost){
          d[e.to] = d[v]+e.cost;
          que.push(P(d[e.to],e.to));
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
class UnionFind
{
public:
  ll par[100005];
  ll depth[100005];
  ll nGroup[100005];
 
  UnionFind(ll n) {
    init(n);
  }
 
  void init(ll n) {
    for(ll i=0; i<n; i++) {
      par[i] = i;
      depth[i] = 0;
      nGroup[i] = 1;
    }
  }
 
  ll root(ll x) {
    if(par[x] == x) {
      return x;
    } else {
      return par[x] = root(par[x]);
    }
  }
 
  bool same(ll x, ll y) {
    return root(x) == root(y);
  }
 
  void unite(ll x, ll y) {
    x = root(x);
    y = root(y);
    if(x == y) return;
 
    if(depth[x] < depth[y]) {
      par[x] = y;
      nGroup[y] += nGroup[x];
      nGroup[x] = 0;
    } else {
      par[y] = x;
      nGroup[x] += nGroup[y];
      nGroup[y] = 0;
      if(depth[x] == depth[y])
        depth[x]++;
    }
  }
};
const ll MAX = 500010;
ll fac[MAX], finv[MAX], inv[MAX];

// テーブルを作る前処理
void COMinit() {
    fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
    finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
    inv[1] = 1;
    for (ll i = 2; i < MAX; i++){
        fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % MOD;
        inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD%i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
        finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;
    }
}
vector<ll> depth;
vector<ll> f;
vector<ll> g;
void dfs(const Graph &G, ll v, ll p, ll d) {
    depth[v] = d;
    for (auto nv : G[v]) {
        if (nv == p) continue; // nv が親 p だったらダメ
        dfs(G, nv, v, d+1);
    }

    // 帰りがけ時に、部分木サイズを求める
    f[v] = 1;
    g[v] = 1;// 自分自身
    for (auto c : G[v]) {
        if (c == p) continue;
        f[v]*=g[c];
        f[v]%=MOD;
        g[v]*=f[c];
        g[v]%=MOD;
        }
    f[v]+=g[v];
    f[v]%=MOD;
}
template<ll MOD> struct Fp {
    ll val;
    constexpr Fp(ll v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
    }
    constexpr ll getmod() { return MOD; }
    constexpr Fp operator - () const noexcept {
        return val ? MOD - val : 0;
    }
    constexpr Fp operator + (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) += r; }
    constexpr Fp operator - (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) -= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator * (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) *= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator / (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) /= r; }
    constexpr Fp& operator += (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val += r.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator -= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val -= r.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator *= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val = val * r.val % MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator /= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        ll a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
        while (b) {
            ll t = a / b;
            a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
            u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
        }
        val = val * u % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr bool operator == (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val == r.val;
    }
    constexpr bool operator != (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val != r.val;
    }
    friend constexpr ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return os << x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr Fp<MOD> modpow(const Fp<MOD> &a, ll n) noexcept {
        if (n == 0) return 1;
        auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
        t = t * t;
        if (n & 1) t = t * a;
        return t;
    }
};
using mint = Fp<MOD>;

mint calc(ll N, ll K) {
    mint res = 1;
    for (ll n = 0; n < K; ++n) {
        res *= (N - n);
        res /= (n + 1);
    }
    return res;
}
mint COM(ll n, ll k){
    if (k == 0) return 1;
    if (n < k) return 0;
    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;
} 
int main() {
ll H, W;
    cin >> H >> W;
    ll sy,sx,gy,gx;
    /* 盤面 */
    vector<string> f(H);
    for (int h = 0; h < H; ++h) cin >> f[h];

    /* スタート地点とゴール地点 */
    //for (int h = 0; h < H; ++h) {
        //for (int w = 0; w < W; ++w) {
            //if (field[h][w] == 'S') {
                //sx = h;
                //sy = w;
            //}
            //if (field[h][w] == 'G') {
                //gx = h;
                //gy = w;
            //}
        //}
    //}
  ll dp[105][105]={};
  if(f[0][0]=='#') dp[0][0]++;
  rep(i,H-1){
    if(f[i][0]!='#'&&f[i+1][0]=='#'){
      dp[i+1][0]=dp[i][0]+1;}
    else dp[i+1][0]=dp[i][0];
  }
  rep(i,W-1){
    if(f[0][i]!='#'&&f[0][i+1]=='#'){
      dp[0][i+1]=dp[0][i]+1;}
    else dp[0][i+1]=dp[0][i];
  }
  repl(i,1,H){
    repl(j,1,W){
      if(f[i][j]!='#'){
        dp[i][j]=min(dp[i-1][j],dp[i][j-1]);
        continue;}
      else{
      ll k,l;
      if(f[i-1][j]!='#')k=dp[i-1][j]+1;
      else k=dp[i-1][j];
      if(f[i][j-1]!='#')l=dp[i][j-1]+1;
      else l=dp[i][j-1];
      dp[i][j]=min(k,l);
      }
    }
  }
  cout << dp[H-1][W-1] << endl;}


Measured memory_bytes: 3700